All unused regular and refused medication should be returned to the pharmacy at the end of the day/month. However, all required medication which is unused should be retained and used as directed on the care plan/labels.…
Here is the report requested regarding fatal casualties, physical injuries and psychological traumas of Maryville’s residents relating to the explosion at PharmaBec Inc on January 26, 2017.…
The use of pharmacological treatment to manage behavioral problems, such as EBD and ADHD, is a frequently used, yet highly controversial topic. Medication seems to be the quick, convenient solution to behavioral problems. Research, for the most part, has shown positive results regarding medicating children with behavioral disorders, according to Rosenberg, Westling, and McLeskey (2007). However, many concerns, regarding the long-term health and social impact of this type of intervention, are being raised. Although medication may seem like the easiest solution, many wonder whether it is the most advantageous solution.…
1. Introduce the person you interviewed. Provide demographics, relevant characteristics, and context that you believe are important for understanding this person and the substance use.…
WebMd is an online free health site that can be accessed by the public to learn more about different drugs and diseases. This drug source is helpful in identifying different types of diseases and its symptoms along with various drugs. There are no authors for any of the information on WebMD and the data is verified by several physicians. WebMD is user-friendly and is laid out to where users can click on a tab to get to the information they need. The information is written to where the average person can comprehend it and not in scientific terms. AHFS Drug Information is intended for healthcare providers and can be found both online and in print. The print version is annually updated and one disadvantage is the required subscription for access. AHFS Drug Information is organized by drug classification…
The goal of this project is to make a medicine bag which contains three important symbols of values to me as an African person. The first symbol is a Nigerian Beaded Necklace that represents my heritage, the second symbol is yam use in New Yam festival which represents Igbo tradition, and the third symbol is a red cap that represents a heirloom. These symbols are very important to my family as cultural heritage in Igbo Land of Nigeria.…
Just about everyone knows that the legal drinking age throughout the United States is 21. But according to the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse, almost 80% of high school students have tried alcohol. Deciding whether to drink is a personal decision that we each eventually have to make. Alcohol is created when grains, fruits, or vegetables are fermented. Fermentation is a process that uses yeast or bacteria to change the sugars in the food into alcohol. Fermentation is used to produce many items even cheese and medications. Alcohol has different forms and can be used as a cleaner, an antiseptic, or a sedative. When people drink alcohol, it's absorbed into their bloodstream. From there, it affects the central nervous system. The central nervous system controls the bodily functions.…
You have great ideas for things to help manage resources. Medication is an item that is frequently wasted. There are many bottles of medication that you only use part of and waste the rest. Many times I know I will be administering another does of the same medication but I still must waste the rest of the bottle. I think it is a shame because there are so many poor people and poor countries that could use the medication.…
The excessive use of prescription medications has become a major pandemic around the world. It seems that teenagers are familiar as to what prescription medication abuse is, and are not aware of how easy it is to become addicted. Statistics say that it is quite normal to overtake prescription medications at very adolescent ages. “In fact, use of prescription painkillers by teens between the ages of twelve and seventeen has jumped 10-fold since the 1960s” (Teens Increasingly Abuse Painkillers Science Daily). Even though commonly used drugs, such as Advil or Tylenol, are helpful for minor health problems; they are not meant to be taken in huge amounts. Teens are influenced by the atmospheres they are exposed to and have curious minds, which…
Azithromycin prevents bacteria from growing by interfering with their protein synthesis. Azithromycin binds to the 50S subunit of the bacterial ribosome, and thus inhibits translation of mRNA. Nucleic acid synthesis is not affected.…
Medication Errors are the leading issues debated in the health care setting in America. Whenever medications were administered, nurses must follow the five basic rights: Right patient, Right medication, Right route, Right dose, and Right time. Believed it or not medication errors still seek to exist. However, most common errors are occurring related to poor transcriptions, drug interactions, drug name confuses, and poor documentation. One of the greatest concerns with medication errors is order transcription. Poor transcriptions that were passed from doctors to RN could cause serious damage or life threating situation by giving the patient the wrong amount of therapeutic doses or mistakenly gave patient the wrong name of drug. The problem here…
A prescription drug is a medication that can be purchased or given out only with written instructions from a licensed healthcare provider, such as a doctor, dentist, nurse practitioner or physician’s assistant, to a pharmacist. These written instructions are known as a prescription. However, prescription drugs can also cause bad effects by abusing it; for example, by taking a friend’s or relative’s prescription to get high, to treat pain, or because you think it will help with studying. In fact, prescription drug abuse is the fastest-growing drug problem in the United States. In New Hampshire, 20% of teens have abused prescription drugs. And over the last ten years prescription drug abuse in New Hampshire has risen 200%. According to the NH Chief Medical Examiner’s Office, in 2009 more NH citizens died from drug overdoses (164) than car accidents (110).…
According to the U.S. General Accounting Office, the U.S. Surgeon General, the National Academy of Sciences, and the U.S. Department of Education, “Scientific evaluation studies have consistently shown that DARE is ineffective in reducing the use of alcohol and drugs and is sometimes even counterproductive—worse than doing nothing.”…
“What It Is like to Be a Community Pharmacist in Other Countries? New Web Site.” Medical…
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