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PRINCIPLES OF MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION | 1. The knowledge of the anatomy and physiology of the body is essential for the safe administration of the injection. | | a)To avoid Injury to the underlying tissues | 1. Numerous blood vessels and nerves to are lying below the skin. Careful selection of the site can avoid injury to these areas. The common sites for the injections are as follows : a) Intradermal injections are given at the Inner aspect of the lower arm, upper aspect of the anterior
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and maintain records – Understand the connection between accurate record keeping and the Individualized Treatment Planning process – Understand what information needs to be in progress notes – Learn how to accurately set up and maintain a medication administration record – Understand that records are confidential – Know how to conduct a quantitative review of a record – Know how to conduct a qualitative review of a record – Be able to track consumer issues through a record revised 8.08 The challenge
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Assignment: Assessment 1 M, L Health Care Provider: A P Sex: M Weight: 255 lbs 12 oz Code Status: 02 Isolation: 00 Food Allergies: 00 Diet: 01 Hospital Floor: Age: 62 Y Height: 6' Alerts: 00 Drug Allergies: 00 Env. Allergies: 00 BMI: 34.7 Medical-Surgical Student: Marlen Flores Assignment: Assessment 1 Submitted: 02/16/2016 15:49 Clinical Assignment Grading Assignment Objectives No assignment objectives entered. Clinical Set-up Details First Day
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Abstract Thousands of people die each year as a result of medication errors. Medication errors can be attributed to faults in both humans and medication use systems. Therefore, it is necessary to address resolutions to both of these predicaments. The anticoagulant heparin is amongst the most implicated medications. Thus, it has been documented in the top five high-alert medications. Two notable events that triggered recent interest in this topic are the heparin overdoses
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Helmuth Western Governors University Accreditation Audit AFT Task 1 Medication Management A. Compliance Status I will be reviewing three specific areas dealing with medication management. They are the following with the correlating Joint Commission Standard following each one: 1. The hospital plans its medication management process, (MM.01.01.01). 2. Label all medications, medication containers, or other solutions on and off the sterile field, (NPSG.03
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Medication errors are flaws in the healthcare system that can result in injury, disease, and even death. There are ways to prevent these mistakes and to make a facility more safe by enforcing certain rules and regulations. In order for these rules to be effective, the entire healthcare team including doctors, nurses, pharmacy, etc., need to cooperate and work together. It's very common for someone to make a clumsy move which is why triple checking is becoming more and more effective today.
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(Figueroa & Peters, 2006). The patient has left sided congestive heart failure where left ventricle is not pumping blood sufficient blood out of the lungs/pulmonary vein sufficiently. The lungs become over saturated with blood and the pressure from the right side causes a shift of fluid from the intravascular space into the lungs causing increased respiratory rate and impaired gas exchange. The patient’s symptoms are shortness of breath and cough, swollen ankles due to the excess fluid build up and fatigue
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Electronic Medical Records aid nurses in being able to identify if a patient may have an allergy to a medication that will be given. As a nurse, you may not always know if a certain antibiotic is in the same class as an allergy that the patient may have. If the patient does have an allergy, there will be a warning that will pop up for you to view. If the provider approves this patient to have the medication, it may be given, but the pop up is there for patient safety and for the nurse’s own awareness as
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Nightingale Community Hospital has subjected itself to a rigorous examination of its policies and practices to keep up with the latest Joint Commission standards. Clinical practice is constantly affected by changes in the health care system and other factors. It is the responsibility of the hospital to be aware of such changes and modify its practice and align its goals in order to better serve the community at large. In short, it means the hospital needs to maintain compliance with the Joint Commission
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