Iatrogenesis

Safe care needs NP’s to take decisions & actions against situations of risk that threaten the safety of patients and the possible occurrence of incidents that can be from the slightest, that may often go unnoticed, to serious adverse events & consequences which can result in disability, injury, or death. Analyzing incidents in systemic ways based on reflective & systematic models, where errors are investigated from the insecure act of the NP towards decisions at managerial level, replaces a…

Medication errors are a rising concern among healthcare providers. According to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approximately 1.3 million people experience either death or injury due to medication mishaps (medication error reports, 2009). Errors occur in all level of the healthcare field that can lead to someone’s death. However, pharmacists no matter what setting whether it’s anything from retail to manage care their responsibilities in preventing drug errors are significant. A…

I Am Me: I Am Me, I Am You, I Am Everyone Dissociative Identity Disorder, DID for short, is also known as Multiple Personality Disorder. It is a way of creating different personalities to deal with anxiety or trauma from a past event or experience. DID can mess with the mind and change who you are. Everyone acts divergent when they are not in their normal setting. People may be loud and wild with peers and more enclosed and quiet around family members but that doesn’t necessarily mean they have…

Hospital readmission, a growing health concern, tallied in a whopping $17 B in Medicare cost for unplanned hospitalizations. With a variety of trends that account for the increasing cases of the elderly population at risk for hospital readmission, the authors discuss an in-depth evaluation on why this occurs. Readmission, refers to a return to the hospital after discharge from a recent stay where rates are reported at 30, 60, and 90-day intervals after discharge. Even though the elderly, aged 65…

Last year, I had the opportunity to meet and listen to one of The University of Georgia’s greatest running backs in history, Herschel Walker. Being the UGA fan that I am, I was a little star-struck when meeting the 1982 Heisman Trophy winner. He worked with a medical agency touring Department of Defense locations while promoting the ideals of seeking mental health care when needed. Mr. Walker cared so deeply about advocating to apply for treatment, he went as far as self-disclosing with our…

Healthcare facilities should create a sense of trustworthiness and safety. People trust their doctors their lives without a second thought. Most of the time they don 't ask questions and everything that doctors will say. But imagine yourself in a situation when you are seeking for medical help but they becoming the cause of the biggest problem will you ever trust the organization again? Probably no. Medical errors are a really serious issue. Although not always life threatening but can cause…

Even in today’s modern world, medication errors in healthcare are alarmingly common. In the United States alone, an estimated four out of every five adults will use prescription medicines or over the counter drugs. One third of adults will use five or more different medications. 1 Medications given are normally beneficial to the recipient, resulting in improvements in health. However, these benefits also come with increased risks that can be detrimental as seen in adverse drug events. Adverse…

Medications can play a huge role in controlling epileptic seizures. The website WEBMD states that 70% of patients with epilepsy medications are able to control seizures (Denoon et al.). However, they can't cure epilepsy, and medication is often needed throughout the course of the disease. Often medications are prescribed on a trial and error basis. The right medication or combination of medications must be found for each specific person with the illness. Surgery is also an option for people with…

Medication errors happen all the time, unfortunately. “According to a 2006 Institute of Medicine report, at least 1.5 million preventable medication-related adverse events occur in the Unites States every year, but the true number could be much higher” (Adams, S. C., Federwisch, M., & Ramos, H., 2014). The last straw in medication administration is the nurse. It is so important for the nurse to be very observant when administering medications, so that errors do not occur and lead to further…

Medicine is essential during one’s life despite the culture, gender and age. Although these are beneficial to treat a patient’s sickness, there are many cases that the use of drugs are harmful and deleterious for the patient. In 1991, the Havard Medical Practice Study showed that there are multiple patients who are harmed or resulted some negative results after the medication. This medication error ranged from the minor impairment with complete recovery in a short time to death. Moreover, this…