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According the CBS News article titled Hospital medication error kills patient in Oregon (2014) a patient died as the result of the wrong medication been given at the St. Charles Health System Hospital in Bend, Oregon. The patient was 65-year-old Loretta Macpherson, who was supposed to receive an anti-seizure medication fosphenytoin. Though she received instead a paralyzing agent, rocuronium, used routinely in surgery that caused her to go into cardiac arrest and suffer brain damage. She was put on
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The use of a nursing information system such as our Bar Code System, will document types of medications used in hospital settings catering to patient’s needs. It will also provide checks and double checks which is a valuable tool because it maintains the five rights of medication administration, notification are at the nurses finger tips, errors and warnings are readily available, allergy checking is automatically performed, dose checking and
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underserved populations with affordable prescription drugs through qualified community health organizations. Federal regulations allow community health centers to contract with retail pharmacies to dispense 340B medications. SUNRx enables these contract pharmacies to provide affordable medications to 340B customers seamlessly and efficiently. Our fully automated solution manages eligibility, formulary, sliding scale and co-payment calculations, replenishment and inventory management. SUNRx also generates
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cannot be achieved promptly, other routes of administration can be valuable. For rehydration fluids and certain drugs, subcutaneous administration may be a safe and effective alternative, providing cost and ease-of-use advantages. The word intravenous simply means “within a vein”, but it is usually used to refer to IV therapy. Intravenous therapy is getting fluid directly into a vein. It can be intermittent or continuous; continuous administration is called an intravenous drip. Treatments administered
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Right spastic hemiparesis-chronic: paralysis of one side of the body usually resulting from damage to the corticospinal tracts of the central nervous system. Most common cause of hemiplegia is a stroke cause by thrombosis brain hemorrhage or cerebral embolism Patient is unable to perform normal daily hygiene requirements, ranging from bathing, eating, oral care, medication administration, dressing, cleaning due to Right spastic hemiparesis (chronic). Patient does not have control over muscles (LeMone
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required for the right patient and or the omission medical treatment necessary to eliminate injury. The foreseeability is considered as the anticipated consequences and potential risk to the patient due to an omission and deviation of the standard of practice. The medication error and the fall are two of the most foreseeability incidents in health care setting. The proper assessment of the considerable risk for fall patient and the crucial need of the nurses in identifying the right medication for the right
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Department is characterized by its chaotic environment and a helping hand is always wanted. I try to help and find things to do in the ED, such as 12 lead ECG, assessments, vital signs, IV access, obtain and send labs, discharge patients, and administer medications, among other things. But unfortunately, outside of the department I have difficulties to complete my goals and objectives. I found it hard to review pharmacotherapeutics, procedures and protocols according to the clinical presentations. Therefore
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AFT2 Task 3 / Tracer Patient A.1. Evaluation In reviewing the Surgical Patient Tracer Worksheet (SPTW), it was found that a deficiency was noted that stated “History and physical not done within 24 hours of admission (> 72 hours).” This meant that the laparoscopic hysterectomy related History and Physical (H&P) the patient received was used for the abdominal hysterectomy. Plus, it was more than seventy-two hours after being admitted to NCH for surgery that the patient received the H&P
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My recommendation for the doctor is that he fully explain the danger of the medicine and liver toxicity but to ultimately prescribe the cholesterol medication. The HMO's needs, cost reduction, don't really merit concern in my opinion, as the HMO is only there to ensure that Jake can get the necessary treatments. The doctor should impress on Jake the seriousness of liver toxicity and the benefits of diet and exercise. However, the doctor could not force Jake to diet and exercise. Jake, having been
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