Skills Validation PNCI Eliana Ruiz Age: 86 Weight: 55 kg Base: Standard Adult Overview Synopsis The learner will be providing care to an 86-year-old Hispanic female admitted to the MedicalSurgical Unit with a non-healing wound on her right upper leg where a femoral-popliteal bypass graft was performed two weeks ago. She is diabetic and injured her left ankle by tripping on a curb on the way to the hospital. She is anxious about not being able to care for herself when she returns home. She
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safe administration of medicines. The concept of prescribing and the ability to calculate is the basic requirement of all qualified medical and nursing professions We are proposing over a three year period to run an inter professional collaborative working programme, whereby both student nurses and doctors will come together on a regular basis in a teaching environment to work alongside each other to gain the following skills: • Patient safety in relation to drug administration •
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in addition to her current diagnosis, also had a history of other co-morbid diseases including heart and blood pressure abnormalities. As such, she was on a number of heart regulating medications which included some beta blockers. As part of time management, we went through the patient's care plan and medication charts to determine what needed to be done and at what time regarding this patient. This guided how we were to execute care during the shift and in a timely manner. Her care plan had indicated
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professional issues. The purpose of this booklet is to set standards for safe practice in the management and administration of medicines by registered nurses, midwives and specialist community public health nurses. Standards for medicine management replace the Guidelines for the administration of medicines 2004, although many of its principles remain relevant today, for example: “The administration of medicines is an important aspect of the professional practice of persons whose names are on the Council’s
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Topic: Medication Errors Don’t Let Them Happen to You I have learned from the article that the consequences of medication error are severe, I believed it the responsibility of myself a student nurse and every nurse to ensure that accurate measure are followed as they greatly influence medication used. Accurate measures will include; Patient information this is very important to meds administration because it helps the nurse identify who exactly their patients are. Another important fact I took
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working as an administrator. Amy does believe that someone that wants to go into administration he or she should get a bachelor’s or master’s in the field. After receiving a degree it is time to start working in the field that he or she has chosen. In nursing the main responsibilities is taking care of the patients making sure that his or her vitals are normal and come up with a care plan that includes their medications and making sure there is a set up treatment plan. There is also setting up transportation
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Questions WORTH: 10 points DUE: Per course schedule Answer the following 10 questions. The questions and answers must be typed. Try to be brief and concise. You do not need to reference this material. I expect most of it will come right out of the book. This is testable material. This assignment must be placed in the drop box prior to class on the due date for it to be considered turned in “on time.” Late assignments follow the Nursing Handbook Policy for tardiness. 1
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treatment of toxoplasmosis, an infection caused by a very common parasite (U.S. Food and Drug Administration, n.d.). Because most people never exhibit symptoms of this disease, sales of this drug were very small; and, no generic drug company ever bothered to duplicate the formula (Mayo Clinic, 2015). Seizing the opportunity to “corner the market” on this drug, Turing Pharmaceuticals purchased the rights and immediately raised the price from $13.50 per tablet to $750 per tablet. As in this case
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Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Influence of Stimulant Medication Administration Zach Grice-Patil University of Minnesota Neuroanatomical Differences in ADHD Abstract: Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder is a common psychological disorder with a pathophysiology that is not well understood. The choice treatment is with strong psychoactive stimulants (methylphenidate), which has helped to establish much of the known pathophysiology of the disorder. Medication administration to young children is becoming exceedingly
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1.Identify the regulations concerning venipuncture, drug administration, and IV medication and how these standards in your field. The five rights (5 Rs) need to be followed when administering any medications: right patient, right medication, right dose, right time and the right route. Venipuncture procedure for the purpose of establishing peripheral venous access and for obtaining blood sample for laboratory tests follow the standards of practice framework. It is mandatory that health care professionals
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