the physiological factors. The nurse must assess for maternal vital signs, degree of pain, fetal heart rate and pattern, and uterine activity before and after administration of medication (Wong, Perry, Hockenberry, Lowdermilk, & Wilson, 2006). It is important to assess which stage of labour the mother is in before administering medication particularly morphine, because if birth occurs within one to four hours of dose, newborn may experience respiratory depression; however, if dose is administered
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effects in the body. This could make them unsafe in some situations and hurt or complicate your health. For example, the following actions could lead to harmful, even life-threatening consequences. • Combining supplements • Using supplements with medications (whether prescription or over-the-counter) • Substituting supplements for prescription medicines • Taking too much of some supplements, such as vitamin A,
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established by the Bush administration in 2002, and has been in the mainstream media ever since. What draws the media to this specific base is the ongoings there. People have been held there indefinitely without trial and been relentlessly tortured. This is seen as an extremely controversial breach of human rights by Amnesty International, which is one of (if not the) biggest human rights groups focused on the equality of all human beings. George W. Bush’s administration opened Guantanamo Bay as
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exposure and if children are going to be out in the sun they need to have sunscreen applied and applied often. For many allowing this to occur in our schools is a form of neglect. Most school districted policies do not allow children to bring any medication on the school grounds without a doctor’s note. However we encourage young children to bring a jar of hand sanitizer with them at the beginning of the school year to combat the spread of illnesses in the classroom. There are many children that have
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than animals. Claim: My claim is that we should not do animal testing. First Argument: The first reason why is that they kill animals just to have the next medicine,soap, and food ingredient. My first piece of evidence: Right now there are millions of animals such as dogs, cats, rats, mice, and primates getting tortured just to get the next product of eyeliner. In a recent article by PETA they said that “More than 100 million animals every year suffer and die in cruel chemical
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healthcare DDS are built to assist clinicians and/or administrators to carry out important decisions and improve patient satisfaction, profitability and reduce medical errors. DDS operate under the premise of providing the right information and knowledge for the right patient at the right time. Implementing a successful DDS encompasses all concepts we have discussed in previous sessions such as sponsorship, managing change, outsourcing, data standards, security and privacy. For this week’s assignment
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Influenza Influenza is an acute, highly contagious respiratory infection. Influenza can be a serious disease, especially in the elderly, young children, and people with certain health conditions. Influenza is a viral infection commonly spread by coughing of respiratory secretions. There are many strains of influenza virus, the primary of which are identified as A, B, and C. Substrains, or subtypes, include H0N1, H1N1, H2N2, H3N2, and several others (Neighbors, 2015, p. 194). The most common symptoms are
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patients units were understaffed and days shift personnel were required to remain on duty until relieved. During this snow storm, several patients sustained minor injuries from falls out of their bed, and one patient died after being given the wrong medication, the nurse on duty also left the hospital to go to Wendy’s to buy dinner, after one year, the families of these patients sued the hospital on the behalf of their deceased relatives. The three legal considerations are, during the
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the law requires for the protection of other persons or those interests of other persons that may be injuriously affected by the want of such care” (2012). The proximate cause which led to negligence, was Identified when a nurse gave an incorrect medication to a patient who later died. Whether or not the patient died from this malpractice, the hospital was still liable for this tort. In addition, failing to administer proper care to patients directly impacts the patient-physician relationship, which
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ERMA: Electronic Record Management Application Stacey N. Tucker DeVry University Table of Contents Section Page Number Introduction 3 The Creation, Birth, and Development of ERMA 4 Legal Aspects 5 Strengths of Vizion 7 Weaknesses of Vizion 8 Strengths of ERMA 9 Weaknesses of ERMA 10 Recommendations for Improvement 11 Conclusion 12 Terminology 13 References 14 ERMA: Electronic Record Management Application
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