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Electronic Medication Administration Record and Patient Safety One of the reason medication related deaths occur are due to medication errors (Karen, 2011, p. 1). In fact, within the United States, approximately 7,000 people die each year due to medication errors (Karen, 2011, p. 1). According to Karen (2011) 1.3 million medication errors occur yearly, which relates to several injuries and approximately one death a day related to medication errors in the Unites States (Karen, 2011, p. 1). One…

• Analgesics – i.e. Co-codamol, Codeine, or Paracetamol to treat and prevent pain. Codeine, used for pain relief, (i.e., head-aches) common side effects can be; light-headedness, dizziness, nausea, vomiting, shortness of breath, and sedation. Codeine can also cause allergic reactions, symptoms of which include constipation, abdominal pain, rash and itching. Addiction to these, Irritation of the stomach, liver damage and sleep disturbances as some analgesics contain caffeine, if taken over a…

availability and maintenance) The Pyxis machine is designed to calculate patient medications and doses accurately and should have alerted the nurse when the dosage was too high for a pediatric patient. The Pyxis did not have its own set of protocols pediatric dosing visible for medical staff. Usually maintenance is scheduled on all hospital equipment. The nurse’s skills were not used, by assuming a familiar dose may work. She did not go find the Drug book or use her electronic technology…

the treatments of phobias? And what is some of the medicines used in the care of the phobias. Per web MD> “important note regarding medications: Some of the drugs can actually cause anxiety if the dose is increased too quickly or if they are stopped suddenly. It is often best to start with a low dose and slowly increase medication when treating…

Lassen et al. (2009) aimed to demonstrate that Apixaban at a dose of 2.5mg twice daily is just as safe and effective as enoxaparin when administered at a dose of 30mg subcutaneously every 12 hours. While Lassen et al. (2010a) observed Apixaban at the same dose but against enoxaparin 40mg once daily. The treatment period for both studies lasted between 10-14 days. The primary efficacy outcome for the above mentioned studies included the following scenarios; symptomatic or non-symptomatic DVT,…

Martino Mota observed that a single dose of the vaccine led to a general decrease in people requiring hospitalization while the two dose of vaccine safeguarded against outbreaks and future infection (364). Even with much confidence in the ability to render Varicella zoster virus harmless, studies were conducted to determine the efficacy of the vaccine. Researchers deliberated the number of doses of vaccine and whether extensive implementation of vaccines renders them…

“While on your advanced hospital rotation you are asked by the pharmacy director to write up a monograph on Sivextro for the next P&T Committee meeting. Provide the recommendation section of your monograph explaining if Sivextro should or should not be added to the hospital formulary.” Tedizolid phosphate was approved by the FDA in June 2014 as a second-generation oxazolidinone with potentially four- to 16-fold potency against MRSA when compared to linezolid.1 Favorable results from clinical…

actions could result in the harm of another person. In the California v. Murray case, Murray did not intentionally murder Michael Jackson. Murray had previously given Jackson small doses of anesthesia, but those doses did not have any success in putting Jackson to sleep, therefore Murray gave Jackson a much larger dose, not knowing it would kill him. Not only does this case work greatly as a Civil Law (negligence) example, it also works well as a Criminal Law (manslaughter)…

observed adverse effect level (NOAEL) , there is no biologically or statically significant adverse effect of exposure on organism. The exposure level in minimum and the risk is acceptable. Any level above NOAEL and below LD50 is considered sublethal. The dose response relationship is linear and it is dependent on duration of exposure. The pharmacodynamics helps us to understand how a chemical binds to tissues through a receptor. The duration of…

Many North Americans suffer from insomnia and other sleep disturbances. In fact, the Center for Disease Control in the US has declared poor sleep to be a hidden epidemic. The CDC warns sleep disorders are likely to create a health crisis in the near future. Perhaps surprisingly, few people see their doctors about insomnia, poor sleep, and other related disorders. Most try to treat insomnia with over-the-counter sleeping pills first. If this fails, people may seek prescription sleeping pills…