The role and responsibilities of an RN especially with regards to medication administration, hold great significance as they coincide with legislations and codes. According to the discussed documents, Jo’s lack of competence was evident as demonstrated through her medication error, she had an inability to keep to her scope of practice and also to the medication management system created in the residential aged facility. Jo did not practice ethical nursing as the ethical issues that arose in this scenario were not dealt with correctly; she did not ask for help when she needed it, nor did she show respect to her colleague’s (the prescribers) role when she took on the role of the prescriber herself. Neither did she demonstrate the important values…
Law enforcement in Heartland had mixed news when it came to federal grants Wednesday. The good news: The Cooper County Drug Strike Force was awarded $288,241 as part of the federal Justice Assistance Grants given to 28 drug task forces in Missouri. The bad: The Heartland Police Department was denied a request for 6 additional officers as part of a nationwide $1 billion COPS Hiring Recovery Program grant to preserve law enforcement jobs.…
My main responsibility was to administer Immunization records to individuals. Thought this might seem very easy there was a lot more to the job. First of all, one of the main issues I experienced on a consistent basis is that most individuals think I-Care is an immunization registry that keeps up ever last person immunization record, and this is not the case. In fact it is the exact opposite most individuals born before the 1990’s are not in our registry due to the fact that physicians were not required until 2010 to insert vaccines that were administered into our I-Care registry. I would issue out immunization records by sending consent forms via email but if the patient was under the age 18 the guardian would have to complete the consent…
Medication Scenario My client, John, is a single 59-year-old white male. John was recently diagnosed with Major Depressive Disorder and was prescribed Cymbalta. John earns approximately $22,000 per year and says he cannot afford to fill the medication. As John’s social worker, I have been asked to help him find a prescription assistance program.…
Other behaviors that suggest a fentanyl addiction include: • Opening a fentanyl patch to eat the gel beads inside. • Warming up a fentanyl patch to release the drug more quickly. • Spending a great deal of time obtaining, using, and recovering from fentanyl. • Showing fear at the prospect of being without fentanyl. • Experiencing cravings for fentanyl.…
Nysha Moore Negligent Drug Overdose 1. Describe the elements that the plaintiff’s attorney had to establish under the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur. Res ipsa loquitur is a legal doctrine that shifts the burden of proof in a negligence case from the plaintiff to the defendant (Pozgar & Santucci, 2015, p. 156, para. 12). The American translation is “the thing speaks for itself” (Pozgar & Santucci, 2015, p. 156, para. 12). Under the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur, the plaintiff must be able to prove all 3 elements in order to shift the blame to the defendant.…
1. What kind of a history do you need to gather on the geriatric population prior to ordering psychotropic medication? A full and complete Medical history is important to consider any co-morbid disease processes. Has the patient been treated for or diagnosed with any psychiatric disorders or diseases?…
R/s Robert is smoking pot and drinking beer in the presence his 8-month-old twins Jackson and James. R/s the ceilings are falling down and there are holes in the floors. R/s there is a concern that the ceiling will fall down on the children. R/s cockroaches are in the kitchen sink. R/s the children are always dirty and they have real bad rashes on their bottoms.…
The article "The Role of Traumatic Event History in Non-medical Use of Prescription Drugs among a Nationally Representative Sample of U.S. Adolescents" hopes to address the problem of non-medical use of prescription drugs among teens and reduce risk. The purpose of the study was to identify risk factors to aid prevention of NMUPD in adolescents. In particular, the study seeks to use previous demographic and other substance use risk factors that correlate with lifetime non-medical prescription drug abuse in teens. The survey added to this by trying to see if mental health and a history of trauma could also be risk factors associated with NMUPD in teens (McCauley et al., 2009). The conclusion of the telephone survey in this study showed that…
Medical drugs can be dated back from the 1400s medical remedies to the modern medical science now. But theres no timeframe of how people abuse them. Like, back in the 1700 - 1800s it wasn't that big of a deal if someone was abusing medical drugs or just using them in-general. Thought the 1800s and the 1900s use of performance-enhancing drugs was something to “Even the playing field" to people.…
The reporting party (RP) stated there are at least two employees providing direct care that are not fingerprint cleared. One employee is named Jessica (Arroyos?) and the other employee's name is unknown. The RP disclosed the facility is administering expired medications to the residents. On one occasion a resident's medication was dropped on the floor, picked up and administered to the resident. The RP stated these medication errors are not documented or…
Similarly, Nurse Immunizer must been properly trained and had undertaken required accredited immunization education program and training as per current immunization recommendations (NSW Health 2015). To maintain the standard of practice and to practice safely Nurse Immunizer must adhere with The Australian Immunization Handbook and the National Vaccine Storage Guidelines all the time (ATGI 2016). The Nurse Immunizers need to review and updates competencies annually to maintain best practice (NSW Health 2015). Reporting adverse event following immunization is vital for safety concern regarding vaccines. Adverse event reporting allows Therapeutic Goods Administration to monitor rates and trends across the Australia and assist to identify problem undergoing so that Nurse Immunizer aware of the adverse events reporting requirement set by the Department of Health (DOH…
atients taking opiates carry certain risk factors that increase addictive behaviors. Opiate therapy is frequently tarnished in many studies and news stories. As with any type of medical treatment, medical professionals should evaluate their patients’ addictive risk factors. According to Center for Disease Control (2016), recommends that patients that require opiate therapy should be fully assessed for mental health conditions. Experts suggest that the opiate therapy is not the reason for addictive actions towards the pain management therapy.…
Introduction The opioid abuse epidemic become one of the most important problem in the USA. The follow discussion will analyze this problem according to a US House of Representatives hearing addressing the opioid abuse epidemic. This discussion will rely on Stone’s policy theory, which is define goal first, and then construct problem, finally promote solutions. Therefore, there are five sections to understand the problem.…
Methadone is a drug that reduces withdrawal symptoms. It reduces the craving for drugs without the imitating the sense of euphoria that follows drug abuse. Hence, it is prescribed to patients to treat or stop narcotic addiction (mainly people addicted to heroin). Methadone is also a painkiller, it can be given to treat pain that’s moderate to severe especially within the elderly. However, Methadone itself can be addictive and thus when prescribed, according to the Royal College of General Practitioners methadone doses “should be supervised through induction and until stability is achieved.”…