Questions:
1 What is Administration Error?
2 What is Documentation Error?
3 What are the four main types of systems used for organization of drug use in hospitals?
4 What is often called the drug utilization process?
5 What does research say is at fault for injuries resulting from medication errors?
6 In the HIV study, what were reasons given by women for missing doses?
7 What type of problems represent the most common root cause of medical errors noted by the error reporting evaluation grantees, according to Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality\\\'s Patient Safety Initiative: Building Foundations, Reducing Risk?
8 Patients with mental health problems may be less to do what?
9 The American Psychological Association ethical standards includes basing diagnosis on what three factors?
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Answers:
A. The chain of events leading from the prescription of a medicine to it being administered (or, on the other hand, not being administered).
B. Any situation where a dose of medication was administered correctly but not signed for in accordance with unit policy
C. It is any discrepancy between the medication prescribed and that administered to a patient (or omitted)
D. Being away from home, busy, or asleep; running out of medication; wanting to avoid the side effects; and feeling well enough not to “need” the medicine.
E. Traditional ward stock system, patient prescription system, combination of patient prescription system together with a ward stock system, and unit-dose drug distribution system
F. Injuries represent the failure of a complex healthcare system.
G. Communication problems
H. articulate and less likely to question a prescription, a change in the medication regimen, potential side effects or whether monitoring is required.
I. basing diagnosis on multiple data sources, avoiding innovative techniques unless there is no other option, and doing a sufficiently comprehensive assessment to perform a differential diagnosis and to rule out diagnoses
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