AA/NA meetings, abstain from alcohol and other drug use along with other requirements. Another case was giving the wrong medication to the patient. Letter of Concern for mistakenly entering an incorrect order and dose of Doxil, a chemotherapy medication which was subsequently administered to the patient. A nurse who lacks sufficient knowledge of medications or safe administration may be required to take a pharmacology course,
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to prove the relationship of shift work and fatigue and the results noted on medication errors. Two articles were chosen using the University Library, a qualitative research study and a quantitative research study from peer reviewed articles through the use of databases such as EBSCOhost, ProQuest, and Gale Powersearch. To research this topic, the query tool utilizing terminology such as shift work, fatigue, and medication errors was used to narrow the search. The intent of this paper is to identify
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the rampant abuse and alleged overprescribing of amphetamine ADHD medications New River Pharmaceuticals responded by developing lisdexamfetamine, a compound that is inactive until converted to dextroamphetamine by the gastrointestinal tract. This means that Vyvanse is only effective when taken orally, reducing the potential for abuse. Moreover, that Vyvanse lasts much longer than typical amphetamine ADHD medications. One administration of the drug lasts throughout an entire day. Although this drug removes
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once one batch or shipment of drugs is distributed, there is already another on its way into America, or being made in America. First, let us look at the prescription drug trafficking, which is at an epidemic level and a major concern in America right now. There are illegitimate doctors who are acting as almost legal drug dealers. They are supplying the entire
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and personal health records. This act is to help the health care employees have more control of a patient’s information and its privacy. This act also gives the patient the right to control their own information. Apart from the right to inspect, amend and correct their confidential health information, patients now have the right to control what information can be released and to whom (Van der Aa, 2000). The following case study is an opportunity to review ethical issues relative to confidentiality
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management of the health case facility. The documentation is the producing of written information about something. Administration can then distribute budgets, equipment, and staff more effectively and efficiently. The query is asking a question or inquiring about something. The age of majority is the age that the state considered a person an adult and they ill have all the rights and responsibilities of adulthood. It's also an age when a become liable for their own action. The paternal duty of
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percentage rates; when it comes to the cost of medication, compared to other countries. It is 35-55 percent cheaper to buy medicine in other modern day countries than in the United States (Baker 2004). That is a staggering 45-55 percent difference in the cost of getting the same drug from another country. So, are these drugs equivalent and how can one know but rely on the source of where the medication is coming from? Former Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner Mark McClellan said “there
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values and was never faced with a dilemma that caused me to make an ethical decision. Human services is the type of field that one must use knowledge of everyday life to either advocate for someone else or make a critical decision based on what is right and what is wrong. At times when a decision is made it may be based on my values, experiences, or some code of ethics within the organization I was employed. Prior to making the
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Ethics Case Study HCS 335 March 2, 2015 Victor Gibb Ethics Case Study Ethics is a branch of philosophy in which human actions are judged to be either right or wrong based upon a person's particular set of values, when these judgments are applied to a specific profession than they are referred to as professional ethics (Garret & Baillee, 2009). Personal and professional ethics often overlap and sometimes the two conflict. There are also scopes that apply to professional practice, and one
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rules in order to ensure that adequate supplies of AIDs medications would be available for distribution in the developing world? What role to multi-national corporations have in providing funding or other assistance to international organizations such as the Global Fund? All these questions have many arguments for and against but the right answers probably lie somewhere in between. Having and providing access to affordable medication is one of the greatest challenges we face in today’s world
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