While the prescriber has a professional responsibility to issue a safe and legible prescription, haste, fatigue or a lack of understanding of the importance of clear prescribing may contribute to illegibility. MEs(medical errors) include errors of omission as well as errors of commission. MEs, like other types of patient safety incidents, usually arise from human factors and poorly designed health-care
After the development of a new drug, it must be tested and approved by the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) for sale in the United States by means of pharmaceutical drug testing, or clinical trials. The Encylopædia Britannica states that “A clinical trial is the formal testing of a specific treatment or other health-related intervention to determine its role in the standard care of individuals with a corresponding medical condition.” Clinical trials are dictated by a specific protocol: a pre-clinical
occur. Observing the patient limits times of adverse effects as well recognizing medication errors. Adverse effects are harmful or abnormal results of a medication. Adverse effects may include overdose of the drug, allergic reactions to the drug, and drug interactions between multiple drugs. Drug interaction can occur when a medication reacts with another medication that the patient is or has recently taken or have been prescribed. In this case it is extremely important that patients inform care providers
the risk associated with the use of product. Risk minimization means minimizing product’s risk while preserving its benefits. Risk management is discipline within Pharmacovigilance that is responsible for signal detection and the monitoring of risk benefit profile of drugs. Risk Management Plan: A Risk management plan
In U.S., non-adherence causes about 125,000 deaths annually, leading to 10-20% of hospital and nursing home admissions according some studies.1 Hence, adherence is an important issue to address in the healthcare system. Adherence is a term used to describe taking the health care provider’s (HCP) recommendation into consideration and having the autonomy to follow it as directed.3 However, some patients do not follow the health care provider’s recommendations due to various reasons and therefore it
Educating on how to keep blood pressure and cholesterol under control, quitting smoking, alcohol and drugs, impact of working and living environment on health. Through health education nurse can get involved in conducting medical research leading to medical discoveries that can improve people’s health and save lives. Through the research the nurse can
There has been previous research on the topic of nurses and there health declines while on the job after so many years. One previous study clearly states “Shift work can have a negative impact on the employee and could lead to increased drug use, job-related stress, poor job performance, insomnia, and disrupted social and family life”(Linsokuhle 2014) this shows that there could be a connection between job performance and health of the nurse. Along with this article, it talks about night
Drug Abuse can be treated by several solutions Recently, A serious health issue started to appear and spread in earth, putting the safety of many living people nearby in danger. substance abuse is the consumption of drugs in amounts which is harmful to their body. In fact, this problem threatens the safety and balance of the whole world and thus requires detailed research and fast reactions, substance abuse as it is named by doctors and government , created a huge problem for government in
from their attitude towards the importance of the service to their level of satisfaction with the service. Some respondent explained the impact of this service on the patient health care system: ….Clinical pharmacists have played a great role to avoid medication error. We have seen some changes in patient care so far e.g. changing drug regimen by communicating with medical interns; deciding when to stop medication, monitoring of side effect and identifying drug-drug interactions…
a nurse practioner is allowed to prescribe drugs unlike a registered nurse who is only allowed to administer the drugs strictly as prescribed by the physcian. It is therefore very important for the nurse to have advanced knowledge on drugs. This means that theyshould have the knowledge on how dgugs worls in the body that is the mode of action, indications, contraindications, side effects, adverse effects and any special concerns about different drugs, correct dosage, method of administration and