Fisher Week Three Response to McConnelly Yvonne, your post was extremely intriguing to me as a community health department is not an environment I have had the privilege of experiencing. Interestingly, the utilization of computerized order entry does not prevent the prescriber from ordering an incorrect medication dose or the wrong drug (Lapane, Waring, Dube’, & Schneider, 2011). Do the facility employ process to assure nurses are checking the medication in order to avoid the administration of an incorrect drug or dosage? Distractions have been linked to medication errors, consequently, and the ability to care for a solitary patient at one time clearly minimizes the distractions and interruptions that a nurse may experience during medication
This is something that needs to be looked into more and more monitoring of how the nurses are able to treat their patients. There has been too many episodes where nurses just didn’t want to do their job like give meds when they were suppose to be administered or reporting when patients were in extreme
Discuss with Dr. Olsen (PCM) abouth the pt encounter with Dr. Brooks and request for medication refill through ES. Per Dr.Olsen authorize call in ES for HCTZ. Call in made to ES for medication refill for HCTZ 25 mg take one tablet po daily. Qty90 refill 3. Readback confirmed with Martina pharmacy tech.
Medication: Tylenol #3 1-2 tabs PO q4h PO prn Docusate 100 mg PO BID prn Rationale: Received 400mg ibuprofen 3 hours ago and her current level of pain is 7/10. I am choosing to give her Tylenol #3 to control the intense pain she is experiencing from the episiotomy and third-degree laceration and intense labour. This medication is appropriate because she reported experiencing a lot of pain since delivery. The length of time that is appropriate for her to take this medication is solely based upon continuous assessments of her pain between doses. Continuous pain assessment will determine how long she will take this medication as a major concern is the crossing over of codeine, acetaminophen and caffeine into the breast milk (Chow, 2013).
Legislation P3- Explain relevant sections of key legislation and associated guidelines with regard to the administration of medicines. M1- Discuss how organisational policies and procedures are influenced by legislation and guidelines with regard to the administration of medicines. D1- Evaluate the effect of legislation and guidelines on the administration of medicines. In this assignment I am going to be explaining what different types of legislations and guidelines are in place when it comes to handling medicines in a health and social care setting.
risk of re-offending. Individuals under this type of programs are sex offenders who have been incarcerated or convicted of a sexual crime and identified by sex offender treatment providers that treatment is required. The SOTP can be administered in the community and in a prison setting to manage sex offender and to prevent future sex offenses. The approach of treatment for individuals who are enrolled in SOTP are cognitive-behavioral and psycho-educational therapy. The cognitive-behavioral therapy targets thinking patterns and deviant sexual behaviors as they relate to sexual offending.
Six months after the introduction of medication aides, error rates were as follows: RN (2.75%), LPN (7.25%) and medication aides (6.06%) with a mean error rate of 6.6%” Randolph & Scott-Calwiezell (2010) as cited in Budden (2011). While errors remain, the objective of reducing inaccuracies among primary nursing staff was achieved by
You made several great points in your post, including the need for the completion of TB drug treatment. Although inmates lose many of their rights while incarcerated, they do not lose the right to refuse Mantoux testing and treatment for latent TB. However, a court orders may be obtained if there is reasonable suspicion of an active TB infection (Fenton, 2009). Most inmate comply with medication regimes due to factors that include the risk of death and the potential for extended periods of segregation (Fenton, 2009). On the contrary, laws prohibit the refusal of mental health medication by inmates that pose a direct threat to themselves or others.
The staff facilitated a session focused on medication management. James refilled his medication few minutes before the session begun. The staff had to double check the medication boxes to ensure that all the medication were correct. James were missing few medications; therefore, the staff instructed him to call the pharmacy to request refills. James informed the staff that he already made a call to the request refills.
Recognizing, acknowledging, and understanding medication safety is important when administering medications. Understanding which medications are high-risk ones, being familiar with the medications being given, remembering the five most important rights when administering medications, communicating clearly, developing checking habits, and reporting the medication errors will lead to safe outcomes for the residents. However, errors do occur from a lack of experience, rushing, distractions, fatigue, doing too many things at once, not double checking, poor communication, and lack of team work. It is not only the staff that commit errors, but also the work environment that contributes to the medication error. Two examples are poor reporting systems
While I am in school I’ll always be sure to focus on my courses so I am able to obtain as much information about becoming a pharmacy technician and prevent any errors from happening. In conclusion, in all healthcare settings medical errors occur but it doesn’t only effect the person responsible: all members of the healthcare team are affected. Pharmacy technicians are also capable of identifying any potential or actual errors and report it before the medication is distributed. Since patient safety is universal among all other healthcare practitioners is it important for them to advocate a safe and healing environment for patient
Most of us probably cannot recall a world without internet, cellphones, and laptops. Technology has transformed the world we live in today. Undoubtedly, technology has changed the way health care is delivered. Electronic prescribing allows prescribers to send prescriptions electronically and directly to the pharmacy. E-prescribing has been demonstrated to reduce prescribing errors in outpatient settings.
Medication Errors in Healthcare The nursing profession entails many responsibilities that range from providing emotional support to administering medications that could result in death for those receiving care. Approximately 40% of a nurse's day consists of passing medication, a duty that sets their level of liability above many other healthcare professions (McCuistion, Vuljoin-DiMaggio, Winton, Yeager, & Kee, 2018). Despite today's advances in technology and nursing education, the frequency of medication errors is still staggering. To ensure that the benefits of nursing outweigh the risks, nurses look to the Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) six core competencies for guidance.
As a student, one of my competency to achieved to become a professional nurse is medication administration. Since medication error can kill, there is the need to be vigilant at all time in dispensing under supervision. I have managed to disperse quite a few times but occasionally get muddled with the whole process by doing little errors and the pace at which I administer needs to be faster due to factor of time and the amount of patient lined up for medication. I have noticed some errors that needs to back up all the time. I have discussed with my mentor {and all areas of weakness have been recognized as a great opportunity for improving my experience in medication administration.
Write an article for a newspaper aimed at the general public with the aim to inform and convince the public of your position with regards to pharmaceutical promotion, the nature of the problem, the dilemma’s and the (need for?) regulation.’ At this moment, there are about 81,000 pharmaceutical sales representatives in America. These 81,000 salesmen have about 830,000 doctors and or people who are allowed to subscribe as their target.
