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What type of medication error is inadequate documentation and or reporting of client response to medication?
The DOCTOR Not listening to the patient tell them how the medication is making them feel. Doctors LOVE to ASSUME that they are right all the time. Psychiatrists (AKA Head Shrinkers) are particularly guilty of this practice in the medical industry.
Is there a law prohibiting a business from serving alcohol to a patron who is taking prescription pain medication?
no
Is pristiq right for you?
Pristiq is a medication for people who may be depressed. Only a professional doctor can tell you if it is the right medication for you.
Which medication to follow Rhus Tox?
That depends upon prognosis of disease and patient's response.
What is the most common medication error?
There are 6 rights to medication delivery. The right patient, right medication, right dosage, right time, right route (where the medication goes), and the right documentation. Probably the most common mistake is the right time. Nurses in most institutions have a one hour window, 1/2 hour before and 1/2 after the prescribed time to give the medication and it is missed sometimes. Documentation errors cover a large percentage of medication errors as well. A 2006 study showed that 1.5 million people each year suffered a medication error and 7000 people died as a result of medication errors. Over half of all medication errors occur in nursing homes.
Will alcohol reduce the effects of medication?
Depending on the medication, it can increase or reduce the effects (or have no interaction at all). Follow the instructions that came with the medication. Generally speaking it is unwise to use alcohol when taking any medication. For one thing, it can hinder the immune response.
What is right medication?
The phrase "right medication" is often used when referring to certain medicines that treat you depending on symptoms or the disease itself.
What is the right response to Hi how are you?
The response to "Hi, how are you" is "Hi to you,I am doing fine".
One law that is important when handling medication?
First thing first always make sure that you give the right medication to the right person.
What are the 7 rights of drug administration?
Right patient, right medication, right dose, right route, right time, right documentation, and right situation. Right place and right to refuse are sometimes also thought to be rights of medication but the first 7 listed are probably what you are looking for. Right situation and right documentation are also new to people who learned them as the 5 rights of medication administration.
What do you need to know for giving medication?
We need to observe the symptoms of the disease and age of the patient while administering medication. One should also be careful about the expiry date of the medicine before giving it to the patient.
Where does a tennis ball land when serving a ball?
You begin play by serving from the Right Side of the Court (known as the duece court) serving to the left.
