Medication Reports Samples For Students

1. Which of the following is an antidote for benzodiazepine overdose or toxicity?a. Buspirone (BuSpar)b. Hydroxyzine (Visteril)c. Flumazenil (Romazicon)d. Naloxone (Narcan)There is one other drug overdose antidote in the above list. Name the drug and its mechanism of action. Flumazenil (Romazicon®) is another drug given to reverse the depressant effects of benzodiazepine and thus useful for overdose treatment. It acts as a competitive antagonist of benzodiazepines, having high affinity to GABAA receptors, which is the BZD binding site. This allows it to specifically target benzodiazepine and drugs with similar MOA such as zolpidem, but not other ...

Abstract

Electronic prescribing has become a status quo in the medical industry and is considered a significant transformation in the healthcare business. Adoption of this system is encouraged by some state and federal programs that provided technological support for its successful implementation.
This technology offers a wider range of convenience, efficiency and accuracy on the medication workflow process. Physicians and pharmacists have acknowledged the benefits of e-prescribing and the rewards that they may obtain in implementing the system. However, there were apprehensions among medical professionals in adopting the system. . Some medical practitioners lack the willingness to change and embrace opportunities for improvements ...

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Intramuscular (IM) administration medication means any medication via a syringe into a deep muscle. In most cases, a patient needs intramuscular medication administration because of certain medical requirements. For an instance, a medication should be administered via the muscles as the medication is better absorbed in these kinds of tissue. This report will explain how I practiced this essential skill and what the general observations of my actions are. It will also assess and state how a nurse or nursing aide can improve in this specific skill for more acts in the hospital or clinical setting (Rebeiro et al, 2014, p.128-132).
I performed ...

Introduction

In the current dynamic world, there is a huge need for organizations to avail a method of syncing various consumer related information so as to avail quality customer service. This is particularly very vital in the healthcare sector where even the smallest bit of information can play a significant role in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of patients. This paper aims to explore an example of a technology in the healthcare sector that has enabled the syncing of patient related information between various healthcare providers. The technology in question is Health Information Exchange commonly abbreviated as HIE. The paper will begin by defining ...

Introduction

This paper describes in detail the way the healthcare field has been exploded in recent years in a manner that clearly shows its importance to the society. The research that was done on Healthcare as a career has proved to be feudal in a manner that there are employment opportunities for just about everyone. The paper shows that employment opportunities are there for each individual depending on their level of their education and their skills and talent in the particular field that they desire to have. This has clearly been clarified where by it is perceived by the Bureau of Labor Statistics ...

Introduction

Holistic nursing is a nursing practice that seeks to enhance the process of patient healing by trying to provide an environment that may aid a patient who has been affected in any way to embrace life as it is. Holistic healing is associated with the provision of compassionate, interactive atmosphere; have as a feature energy field doctrine, patient empowerment, systematic knowledge and personal relations in aiding the patient in becoming whole, integrated individuals. Unlike the modern medicine that has precise objective symptoms; holistic nursing is a medical sphere that considers the entire being for medication. Hence, currently there is a competition in medical centers ...

Business

Question 1:
The Radio Frequency Identification technology in the healthcare industry is improving the efficiency of the medical staff and the supporting staff due to the proper tracking system via bar-coding of the patients and the inventory system of the hospital.
The bar-coding technology first benefit at the time of admission in the hospital is that the staff of the hospital can swap their membership cards having a unique bar code, in the RFID machines to inform the authorities about their presence in the hospital.
Moreover, enhance the controls on the attendance, the attendance process of the medical staff ...

Abstract

This paper is about the investigation of Parkinson’s disease, and in particular is involved with the examination of its symptoms, stages, causes, prevalence, diagnosis and treatment, and social impacts. Finally, the paper analyzes and evaluates two ongoing on Parkinson’s disease researches, which are also examined in respect to their impact on Parkinson’s disease patients.
Key words: Parkinson disease, Parkinson disease causes and impacts, Parkinson disease symptoms and prevalence, Parkinson disease diagnosis, and Parkinson disease ongoing research.

Idiopathic Parkinson disease (PD) is a progressively evolving disease with main manifestations resting tremor, muscle stiffness, slow movement and loss ...

Age: 75 years

Medical Record No: 66543N
History and physical examination conducted: June 21, 2016
Source: The patients presents his own medical history and is a reliable source
Chief Complain presented: Abdominal pain
The History of the Present Illness
Past medical history
The patient presents with diabetes diagnosed 10 years ago, that is well controlled with Metoprolol medication. He also presents with depression and the patient uses Prozac medication for depression management. Mr. X had been previously hospitalized in 2010 due to MI and cardiac catheterization was done therefore, the patient present with a positive history of surgery.

Social history

Family history
The patient ...

Ischemic Heart Disease in Older Adults

Ischemic Heart Disease in Older Adults
Older patients frequently suffer from ischemic heart disease either in isolation or in combination with other processes (Butler, 20120). As a common clinical syndrome, heart failure is the result of impaired cardiac functioning of the action of pumping the blood through the body. Signs and symptoms of ischemic heart disease include fatigue and an inability to tolerate exercise and edema of the abdomen, legs, ankles, and feet. Although heart disease has a poor rate of survival, early diagnosis and treatment may improve life expectancy. The goal of nursing intervention is to extend life ...

Introduction

Hypertension, commonly referred to as high blood pressure, is a medical condition which comprises of incessantly elevated blood pressure in the arteries. Hypertension may cause damage to the organs and several illnesses including renal failure, heart failure, heart attack or stroke. According to (Luehr, Hayes, Johnson & Burke (2012), close to 30% of the adult American (U.S.) population have hypertension. Majority of these people are those over 65 years. This means that nearly 66.9 million U.S. citizens have hypertension. This number is predicted to rise as the number of those above 65 years continues to rise. Poor adherence to medication and ...

Abstract

Elderly people are individuals who have surpassed the average life span that human being is supposed to satisfy. These people are usually faced with adverse medical challenges which require extensive attention. However, this is not usually the case. There are challenges that bar them from accessing excellent medical services that would assure their wellness.
Multiple medications challenge proper health for the elderly people following the complications that result from use of various drugs at the same time to treat one disease or to treat various health conditions.

Low income also challenges their wellbeing since they cannot access excellent medical services as well as facilities.

Lack of transportation poses a challenge to the wellbeing of the elderly people ...

Final Project

The Maxim Healthcare Services are a United States based healthcare provider with a presence in more than forty states in the country. The paper would concentrate on the branch located in Indianapolis, Indiana. The organization offers healthcare services and in that vein employs thousands of staff including nurses of various qualifications and leaning such as Registered Nurses, Licenses Practical Nurse, Certified Nurse Assistant, among others. It is imperative to note that the organization has diverse healthcare facilities and arrangement with nurses being employed in the following service departments: homecare nursing, travel nursing, emergency nursing, internal clinical services, among others.
The ...

Evidence Based Practice for Type 2 Diabetes in the United States

I. Introduction
Type 2 Diabetes is a prevalent chronic disease. It is currently the fastest growing disease in the world (Franz & Splett,2007).The health burden of diabetes as it currently stands is that the prevalence of Type 2 Diabetes is high among people aged above 25 (Narayan , et al., 2009). This segment of the demography is highly productive and dependable for the growth of the global economy (Narayan, et al., 2009). For every one person diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes, there is one other person who goes undiagnosed.
Pacific Islanders, Native Hawaiians, Asian Americans, Native Americans, Latinos, ...

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Executive Summary

The subjects of suicide among the terminally ill and the severely despondent is one of the most heated in the international community. Though various states have proffered the immoral nature of intentionally killing someone even though that person is suffering from an incurable and aggressively illness that medical science cannot cure as of yet, it must be noted that patients that are suffering in these situations do not automatically request for the operation of processes that will ultimately result in the quickening of their death. Research literature shows that though it is correct to hold that there are ...

The Dove centre was established in April, 1993, by a group of community leaders, citizens, and business owners. Some of the prominent organizations that came up with this establishment include the office of the county commissioner, department of human services, and the city council members. The organization is owned by a board of trustees. This paper outlines the kind of services offered by the Dove agency, how it helps women who are abused and the type of degree requirements to work within the agency.
The Dove centre was constructed with contributions from the community. Land was provided by the St. ...

Term Month and Year

The past decades have seen research conducted to show a link between physical activities and exercises in the retention and treatment of a number of disorders. Studies have also shown that some of the lifestyle factors such as smoking drinking, unbalanced diets with minimal to no physical activity or exercise being incorporated have been the cause of up to 50% of deaths in the country. Persons who have a tendency to exercise have been seen to have lesser episodes of depression, anxiety and were optimistic in their on-goings (De Mello et al., 2013).
While these effects may be minimal to the ...

1. Diagnosis of the disease and justification (1 paragraph)
The patient is suffering from constipation. Constipation mostly refers to having bowel movement less than three times per week. Constipation is usually accompanied by hard stools or passing of the stool is difficult. Furthermore, the patient suffering from constipation is experiencing pain while passing stools or he/she may not be able to have a bowel movement after straining for more than 10 minutes. The symptoms of constipation may also be, as a result, of the condition of the feces that changes from the normal or usual feces. Constipation is, therefore, refer ...

The Mediband data model encompasses different functionalities that make the whole system work efficiently. Data will be obtained from various sources such as medical records and inserted into the Mediband. Additionally, new information may be introduced and fed into the Mediband. Thus, some form of analysis will be required to compare old and new data to ensure all information is properly synchronized. Information obtained from the MediBand can be very significant in enhancing correct diagnosis, raise awareness and provide vital information to other individual or corporations such as emergency health services, which may be of great help to a individual.
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Chronological Age: 50

Referral Source: Attorney
Primary Evaluator: X
Secondary Evaluator: X
Testing dates:
Reason for Referral
LC was referred by attorney X who requested information and comments regarding this client’s competency to stand trial and state of mind at the time of the crime.

Presenting Problem

LC is a 50-year-old African American male with a long history of psychiatric problems. He is from the LA County Jail, August 7 through August 15, 20__ and he experienced difficulties adjusting to prison. While in prison, LC was observed to be “agitated, belligerent, demanding and made verbal threats to a custody officer.” He ...

Circumcision is the removal of the foreskin from the glans of the penis. This procedure is performed for a variety of religious, cultural, or medical reasons. Often, the parents of the baby are concerned about the benefits of a circumcision, how it is performed, the roles of the medical team during the procedure, and if it is painful for the baby. This paper will discuss these topics.
One of the most common questions that parents will have is the benefits versus adverse effects of having a circumcision. While many people elect to have a circumcision for religious or cultural ...

Purpose

The objective was to remove all doubts about the treatment of multiple sclerosis not being able to work for both men and women, whose domiciles are different. Comparisons for the treatment being given in two countries were to be made, with the aim of finding the similarities of drugs used, which work and which ones do not, as well as the differences between those regimens used. Through the differences, similarities, advantages and disadvantages uncovered from drugs obtained from two countries, the project sought to give male patients suffering from multiple sclerosis the ability to make sound and informed decisions ...

Summary and Reflection

The speaker’s topics are focusing on occupational health and safety in general terms with various themes to focus on in the broad topic. Understanding the cause of a problem is the first step that will help prevent the occurrence of an injury or problem in the future. Pollution arising from smoke is hazardous to our bodies. Although the government has mandated and given authority to a body to ensure the citizens are safe, it is the responsibility and the duty of every individual at personal and home level to ensure their safety. Smooth co-existence in the society and ...

1. Identify a problem and explain the problem:
Background: The project proposal is related to the prevention of fall among elderly. The incidence of falls is high among the elderly population. Studies suggest that elderly who fall once, are more likely to fall in the future. A number of conditions like poor eye vision or transient ischemic attacks or pets or general body weakness or other miscellaneous reasons, can increase the risk of fall in the elderly population. Falls can be particularly serious and life changing for elderly. It can make them dependent on others and also increases the ...

Psychology Summaries

Solomon, Caren G., Murray B. Stein, and Jitender Sareen. "Generalized Anxiety Disorder." The New England journal of medicine 373.21 (2015): 2059-68. ProQuest. 7 Apr. 2016 .Retrieved fromhttp://search.proquest.com.contentproxy.phoenix.edu/docview/1735349848?pq-origsite=summon
Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) is a condition that creates excessive worry and concern in a debilitating manner for those afflicted with the condition. “According to representative epidemiologic surveys, the estimated prevalence of generalized anxiety disorder in the general population of the United States is 3.1% in the previous year and 5.7% over a patient’s lifetime; the prevalence is approximately twice as high among women as among men” (Solomon, Stein, and ...

Introduction

The SNS is an acronym utilized in place of The Strategic National Stockpile. This is a medical supplies buffer created to help in cases of emergencies such as biohazards, natural disasters and chemical and bio-terrorism. The supplies are kept ready for distribution to all the major cities at once and are available free to the population in times of disaster. Nursing professionals play a crucial role in administration and distribution of these resources to individuals in their need during disasters. This paper evaluates mechanisms affecting at play in the administration of these resources by answering to the following questions.
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Physical Design Considerations

In the setup of information given in the system, it is clear that the numbers of different relations mostly the one-to-many relationships are eight in number while some of them like the case of 2 are taken as the reference entities in this case and these are the cases of PB_vet and the PB_visit. This concept clearly shows that one-to-many relationship can be implemented in this database design to come up with an appropriate solution to solve the company’s problem.
The different types of processes involved in the database development with respect to the company is like ...

Report

In the dream, we spend a third of life. Sleep is a regular process of recovery. Healthy and proper sleep is the key to successful day and good mood. Scientists have estimated that the duration of sleep compared to the XIX century was reduced by 20%, and today about 60% of people suffer from chronic sleep deprivation, that is they regularly sleep less than genetically prescribed 7-9 hours. And according to researchers, chronic sleep deprivation was the result of the development of civilization.
Each person needs good sleep for normal functioning of the organism. Unfortunately, to present date, for various ...

Background

American veterans are an honourable example of a dedicated lot in America and across the globe. They are brave people who are fully committed to their country by preserving its ideals. They are a good depiction of a committed team who through thick and thin strive to save their country in war. In 2011, close to 21.5 million (9.2 %) civilians in the United States were veterans of current and past conflicts or those who that have served during periods of peace. Today this number has risen and they are estimated be to over 23.2 million. Female veterans are close to 1.8 million ...

Other Current and Emerging Issues in Health Care

Lesson4:1-Decision-Making Concerning Individuals: Consent
Lesson 4:2- Decision-Making Concerning Individuals: Reproductive and End-of-Life Issues
Lesson 4:3 -The Impact of Globalization & Emerging Technology
Abstract
This document contains three essays pertaining to the lesson entitled ‘Other Current and Emerging Issues in Health Care’ outlining three subject areas. Lesson4:1 relates Decision-Making Concerning Individuals: Consent; Lesson 4:2- Decision-Making Concerning Individuals: Reproductive and End-of-Life Issues and Lesson 4:3 -The Impact of Globalization & Emerging Technology.
Lesson4:1-Decision-Making Concerning Individuals: Consent
Question 1:- Case Study, Mrs. Mary Smith.

Step 1: Facts

- She was admitted to Jones Memorial Hospital
- Initially her injuries did ...

Introduction

The studied muscles on which this report is based make part of the skeletal muscles group; they are connected to the bones by “tough cords of tissue” (NIH 2012) which are called the tendons and, as they contract, they pull these same tendons and the bones attached, causing movement. These movements are of voluntary nature, one being capable of controlling them as one wish to. The action of these muscles can be described as being initiated on the body’s standard or anatomical position and used for specific movements that one requires for a given activity. Some of these actions ...

Introduction

Santa Rita Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is arguably among the most effective agency in delivery of elderly care in Green Valley, Arizona. During my two hour visit, I learnt a lot about the organization, ranging from the administration to the clients. My study covered the activities that take place within the organization, the services provided to the clients, the unique needs of the older patients as well as the challenges faced by the staff in delivery of services. The services offered to the clients are related to the health status of such older people. Santa Rita Nursing and Rehabilitation Center ...

Article Analysis

Millennium Laboratories’ case is a complex investigation conducted in tribunals for two charges, different, but linked in the same time. The company was sued by former employees for misconduct and intimidation, but is also facing a health care fraud allegation. The journalistic analysis conducted by Duff Wilson in a Reuters material reflected the case somehow biased, accusing the company, and this because there is little reference to how Millennium defended its case. Nonetheless, this situation can be explained, because the company has declined to comment on the allegations or on the various accusations for mistreatment, intimidation or bribery, which indicates that the ...

When someone is obese, it means that he or she has accumulated so much fat in the body that it negatively affects their health. A Body Mass Index of between 25 and 29.9 is considered over weight. If the BMI is 30 and above, then the person is obese. Childhood obesity occurs when the weight of a child is above normal for his or her age and height. This exposes them to health problems such as diabetes, high levels of cholesterol and high blood pressure. Childhood obesity is a serious public health problem in Australia and globally. It has increased at ...

The patient, 89 years old, was admitted because of a stroke. No family brought her to the care facility. Age seems to contribute to the stroke. Patient has also diabetes. The blood sugar after conducting tests was at 5.1, which is stable. Based on the patient’s medical history, the patient has experienced hypertension, TIA, CHF and Atrial fibrillation. Monitoring for the patients ECG was done every 48 hours. The weight of the patient was done weekly, and in case, it increased, the doctor was to be notified. Body assessment was done. She indicated signs of depression. There was weakness ...

Abstract

The Georgetown Retirement Residence provides assisted living for the elderly. The organization is located in one of the most beautiful and delightful neighborhoods in the Washington DC. At the organization, senior citizens enjoy retirement living at the privacy and comfort of their individual suits. There is added security provided at the home and the staff and nurses work all round the clock to provide the clients with what they need. Since the organization is located in Georgetown, a very delightful neighborhood, the surrounding is suitable and inviting for the elderly. Accommodation at the organization begins from $3750 per month. The ...

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Abstract

Being able to understand the development of a child is vital in aiding that child during that process. Parents play a vital role in this regard by offering the necessary support. On the other hand, once the child has been enrolled in a kindergarten or a preschool, most of the responsibilities of shaping the child are transferred to the teachers. This makes it vital for teachers to be able to help the child during their developmental stage. In this field report, the learner visits one kindergarten and one preschool to assess the learning environment. A comparison is made between these two ...

Simple healthcare information systems

Healthcare information systems are used to solve a myriad of activities. There are various processes that need to be undertaken and therefore need automation. There are complex and simple information systems that are used to undertake these processes. Some of the simple systems that are found include systems that are used to monitor the number of employees who attended a meeting. Another example of a simple information system that is used in general includes a system that is used to get the arrival and departure time of employees in an organization. The third simple system is that one which is used to store ...

BOOK REPORT

Publishers: B.Jain Publishers (P) Limited

Publishers Street Address: Pahararganj, 1920, Street No 10

Publishers City and State: Chuna Mandi, New Delhi

Edition and Publication date: First Edition, 2004

The book ‘A Cure for All Cancers’ by Clarke H and Hulda Regeher Clark is a health and fitness type of book. This is a book that presents topics on Health and fitness in relation to herbal medication, naturopathy as well as oncology. This means that the topics covered include health and fitness in relation to other methodology that is used to curb cancer. The book shows how what you eat affects you ...