Chippewa-Cree tribe; she works as a pharmacist and her life has a lot to do with the physical side of the health triangle mostly surrounding medication and how it affects her lifestyle, job, and the people around her. According to the OPI Honor Your Self Poster Series Lauren Corcoran states, “‘Patients call the pharmacy for help regarding their medications, but also inquire about other health related information…’” The evidence implies the patient most likely would be asking about the physical side
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Prescription Drug Use “According to results from the 2014 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, an estimated 2.1 million Americans used prescription drugs nonmedically for the first time within the past year, which averages to approximately 5,750 initiates per day.” said by the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Many people with depression or a mental illness mistreat drugs and abuse them. Some people get the drugs from the doctor and others from people who are actually prescribed with the drugs
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Nursing clearly define an upward trend. The American Nurses Association estimates that six to eight percent of nurse’s abuse drugs or alcohol. The two most common issues nurses have are access and availability. There are many reasons, nurses struggle with addictions. For the same reasons others do. It might be anxiety, depression or unintentional — caused from taking a prescription medication. However,
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THE CAUSES OF DRUG ABUSE AMONG HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT’S 2 The parents of a teenager who talk to his or her teenagers about the use of drugs on a regular basis are 42 percent to not abuse drugs than a teenager whose parents did not talk to him or her. There is a higher amount of male teenagers arrested who have been tested and found positive for marijuana (The National Institute of Justices Arrestee and Drug Monitoring System). With many teenagers, drugs and alcohol
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Medical errors are a major cause for concern in the medical field. The National Coordinating Council for Medication Error Reporting and Prevention defines a medication error as ‘any preventable event that may cause or lead to inappropriate medication use or patient harm while the medication is in the control of the health-care professional, patient or consumer (Unver, Tastan, & Akbayrak. 2012). Medical errors can occur because of several reasons. This paper will cover just three ways medical errors
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very huge responsibility of compounding and dispensing medication to patients. Pharmacist can be placed anywhere from hospitals to small pharmacies located in neighborhoods. Their jobs require huge responsibility and ability to uphold many protocols and it is very important on what patients take. What made me think of a Pharmacist first is because New York state has a raging issue with people addicted to narcotics. When the prescription abuse is traced back they often find that someone had a friend
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misusing prescription drugs to help confront the overloaded assignment schedules. The misuse of prescription drugs, such as Adderall, has provided some college students the edge over others. Being a full-time college student and employee, I feel the full effect of an overloaded work schedule. I have often thought about ways to overcome heavy workloads and the misuse of Adderall passes through my mind. However, before we go any further, we must define Adderall. Adderall is a prescription drug that
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can significantly impair an individual's thoughts, behavior, daily activities, and physical health” (Stanford School of Medicine, 2014). People who are diagnosed with depression will usually receive psychological assistance as well as regular prescriptions of some sort. The History of Depression “Melancholia” was the named that used to originally define depression. Ancient Mesopotamia was recorded of the first case of melancholia according to ancient Mesopotamian texts. During this period
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Demographic Correlates Of Drug Use CHAPTER OVERVIEW_____________________________________ • Certain segments of the population are more vulnerable to drug use and abuse than others. • Men are generally more likely to use drugs than women. • Whites are more likely to report drug use than either Hispanics or blacks. • Cultural, economic and historical features contribute to unique experiences and problems associated with drug use • Drug
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Oxycontin is a slow release pain medication that is often mixed with aspirin and/or other pain killers with the main ingredient called oxycodone. When used correctly the prescription drug is used to treat severe pain symptoms usually by the form of a pill. Between 2009 and 2010, a series of pop up pain clinics have been introduced to broward county florida attracting attention from people all over the country. Due to Florida being the only state to lack a prescription pill monitoring plan, those pain
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