...certain points; originally developed by the Chinese. Epidemic: Contagious disease which spreads rapidly throughout large portions of the population. The bubonic plague is a famous example of an epidemic which ravaged Europe in the Middle Ages. Modem medical science has found means of preventing most epidemics. Skeleton: Bony framework of the body, including the spinal column, the rib cage, the skull, and the bones of the arms and legs. Anatomy: Science of the structure of organisms, including the human body; can be studied by dissecting, or cutting into organisms. Pharmacy: Store where medicines are sold, especially by prescription; also known as a drugstore or an apothecary. Licensed pharmacists prepare medications, selling certain 3 drugs only when they are prescribed by a physician. Disease: Pathological condition which causes abnormal body functions and presents certain symptoms or signs; can be caused by a germ, such as a bacterium or a virus. Drug: Substance used to treat illness. Antibiotics, such as penicillin and tetracycline, are familiar examples. Microscope: Instrument which uses a series of lenses to produce magnified images of objects too small to be seen well by the eye alone. Laboratory technicians use microscopes to analyze specimens of blood, urine, and tissue....
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...Design of Career Paths and integration into talent management system of Janssen Pharma Arun Vigneswaran M Ist Year M.A HRM&LR Contents: INTRODUCTION A career path is the sequence of work positions or roles that a person holds over the span of life time..The fundamental components of a career path are a sequential list of roles, Qualifications, Critical Developmental Experiences (CDE), Competencies, Organizational perspective. The potential and promise of career paths lie in the dynamic part of career and talent management.. Career paths factor in mobility and embeddedness and to what extent they play a role in career success. In the contemporary organization concepts of boundryless careers are emerging and needs to be factored in for a comprehensive career path. A career path can be harnessed to maximize both individual and organizational potential and can be used to achieve important business outcomes by aligning with a variety of HR processes and systems. In this project we have tried to find how career paths are designed in any organization and further how it can be customized for MAF, BD division of Janssen Pharma. Career paths have become an important part of talent management and is used extensively during promotion, retention, exit, future planning. We have also tried to identify how career paths can be harnessed by the talent management team and used to solve some of the current problems like attrition, stagnation. CONCEPTUAL DESIGN OF CAREER PATHS In...
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...March 14, 2011 Pharmacology Dr. Hutcherson PROJECT FOR NON-CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY STUDENT BY SUZANNE NATION PART 1: THE PATIENT’S MEDICATIONS 1. INTRODUCTION a. Mrs. Jenkins is a 73 year old Caucasian widow who lives alone and is a retired school teacher of 35 years. She is fiercely independent but is looked after by oldest daughter who comes every few days to take her to appointments and shopping for groceries. Being a former school teacher Mrs. Jenkins is well educated and knows a good deal about her medical condition and medications. She always tries to follow a strict diabetic diet and take her medications exactly as prescribed, however, when her daughter stops by to see her she is shocked to find her mother confused and having difficulty breathing. She immediately calls 911 and Mrs. Jenkins is brought to the hospital. The emergency room doctor is informed of her medical history that includes insulin dependent diabetes, congestive heart failure, hypertension, osteoarthritis, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Further diagnostic testing reveals Mrs. Jenkins has pneumonia and needs to be admitted for antibiotic treatment. b. Primary diagnosis is pneumonia which is an infection of the lungs caused by bacteria, virus, and sometimes fungus, characterized by inflammation of the lungs, congestion, shortness of breath, cough and fever. Symptoms may vary. Secondary diagnoses COPD Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease which is a combination of...
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...literature/research/articles to support your discussion throughout the case study. Do NOT use Better Health Channel, WedMed, dictionaries, encyclopaedias etc. These are NOT suitable academic sources. If you use these you will not meet the criteria for this question and you will lose marks. You must follow the APA referencing format as directed by ACU in your case study and in your reference list. The Library website has examples of how to do this referencing and you can find the correct format at the end of your lectures and tutorials as well as in the free Student Study Guide. This essay should have approximately 10 relevant sources. Textbooks, if cited, should be a range of medical-surgical, pathophysiology, anatomy & physiology and pharmacology for specific information e.g. organ function or drugs. Do not copy information from books or articles or information from previous students’ assignments. This is plagiarism and you will be heavily penalised. Turnitin will highlight copied information to markers. Please give a title...
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...ASN Program Description Mission and Goals Our Mission Trinity College of Nursing and Health Sciences provides a quality higher learning environment preparing competent practitioners for health-care professions. Continuous quality improvement guides the educational process as students prepare to deliver culturally congruent health care, perform as responsible citizens within the global community and seek avenues for life-long learning. Our Goals Program goals for each department in the College derive from the philosophy of the College and the domain competencies, as follows: Knowledge • ability to examine and explain phenomena • ability to construct and organize knowledge • ability to integrate and synthesize knowledge • ability to apply quantitative and qualitative concepts Proficiency • ability to solve practical problems • ability to collaborate with multiple disciplines • ability to communicate effectively • ability to practice competently and skillfully in a changing health-care environment Culture Care Values • ability to preserve/maintain cultural identities • ability to accommodate/negotiate diverse life ways • ability to re-pattern/restructure health-care delivery methods • ability to apply ethical and legal principles to health care The Associate of Science in Nursing Program (ASN) is a two-year program of study combining didactic and clinical nursing courses as well as general education courses...
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...this assignment is to identify a client group and discuss the current pain management strategies used to assess pain in the selected client group. This assignment will explore and discuss the pain management strategies adopted in the clinical area to meet the needs of this client group. At the same time one pain, management strategy will be chosen critically evaluated and explored in light of the available evidence. The final part of the assignment will identify the improvements that need to introducing in the clinical area, in order to improve the management of pain. The student of this assignment works on a busy medical ward admitting both young and elderly patients with acute and chronic pain. However, most of the patient’s admitted to unit have dementia. The British Pain Society (2010) states that, “pain is under recognised and undertreated in older people,it is a subjective personal experience only known to the person who suffers”. Dementia is said to be caused by a variety of conditions with a complex of symptoms characterized by progressive global deterioration of cognitive functioning. Patterson et al (1999). The chronic pain coalition ( 2007) states that poor pain management impacts on quality of care and recovery and patients’ morbidity and mortality resulting in prolonged hospital stay coupled with economic implications for the health service. Pain has many defintionss have defined pain differently, the International Association for the study of pain (IASP,1989 )...
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...DATA HANDLING By (Name) (Course) (Tutor) (University) (City) (Date) Question One Percentage ionization in the stomach pH=pKa+log〖(A-)/HA〗 pH-pKa= log〖(A-)/HA〗 2.0-5.0= log〖(A-)/HA〗 -3.0=log〖(A-)/HA〗 〖antilog-3.0=〗〖(A-)/HA〗 (A-)/HA=0.001 % drug ionized=100/(1+10^x(pH-pKa)) Where x= 1 if the drug is basic and x= -1 if the drug is acidic % drug ionized=100/(1+10 ^-1(-3)) % drug ionized=0.1% Percentage ionization in the ileum pH=pKa+log〖(A-)/HA〗 pH-pKa= log〖(A-)/HA〗 7.2-5.0= log〖(A-)/HA〗 2.2=log〖(A-)/HA〗 〖antilog 2.2=〗〖(A-)/HA〗 (A-)/HA=158.48 % drug ionized=100/(1+10^x(pH-pKa)) Where x= 1 if the drug is basic and x= -1 if the drug is acidic % drug ionized=100/(1+10 ^-1(2.2)) % drug ionized=99.4% b) Naproxen is a aryl acetic acid non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug. In the stomach, the pH is acidic and hence the drug does not readily ionize. Most of the drug is present in no-ionized form and as a result the drug has good absorption rate in the stomach. On the other hand, the drug readily ionizes in the ileum due to high pH. This results to most of the drug existing in an ionized form and hence it has poor absorption rate in the ileum. Non-ionized molecules are readily absorbed across cell membrane through diffusion and filtration and hence easily cross from one compartment to another. This is because non-ionized molecules are lipid soluble hence can cross the lipid bilayer of cell membranes. This...
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...expensive products would be as equally effective. When firms develop new products, they can apply for a patent. Upon receiving a patent, it prevents other firms from selling that product for twenty years. During the seventeen years, the developing firm can is protected from the competition and can charge higher prices and make large economic profits. Patents foster new inventions by rewarding inventors for the expense and risk of bringing new products to the market. There is only one firm producing the product so it is a monopoly, the firm's demand curve is identical to the market demand curve. The monopoly firm does not have to worry about competitor's prices so the monopolist will continue to sell units as long as the extra amount he receives by selling an extra unit is greater than his marginal cost. The firm will always set their quantity...
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...The following project topic is completed on st john’s wort the herb. In this text I will explore and discuss what makes st john’s wort a very appealing and effective drug in today’s market based on the following topics. Description, background, active ingredients, routes of administration, pharm kinetics, pharm dynamics, clinical trials, and toxicity. | St. John's Wort (Hypericum perforatum L.) Description St. John's wort is an herb with a five-petaled yellow flower that grows native in most of Europe West Asia, North Africa, Madeira and the Azores, (Christopher Hobbs 1998) it is considered an invasive species in North America and Australia. A herbaceous perennial commonly found wild up to a height of 1 to 3 feet in, woods, hedges, roadsides. Leaves are a pale green; oblong in shape with slightly translucent dots hence oil glands which can be seen on holding leaf up to a light. It has bright yellow flowers 5 petals; ovary pear-shaped with three long styles. It can be seen in Bloom from June to August in which many small round black seeds can be seen. Odour is turpentine taste is bitter, astringent and balsamic. (A modern herbal mrs.M.Grieve) Background Hypericum perforatum or commonly named as St john’s wort got it common name from early Christians named after John the Baptist due to the blooming of its brightly coloured flowers before and on the 24th of June the day celebrated as his birthday. Whilst the botanical name hypericum perforatum comes from the Greek...
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...CHAPTER 1: Pharmacology is defined as the STUDYING OF DRUGS, THEIR USES, AND THEIR INTERACTIONS IN LIVING TISSUE The physician must have permission from the FDA to dispose of any outdated medications. FALSE What government agency or agencies control prescription or legend medications? A AND C (DRUG ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND FDA) Drug testing is done on which of the following before being named an Investigational New Drug? ANIMALS The physician must keep which of the following records when using drugs found on the DEA list of scheduled medications? ALL OF THE ABOVE The FDA is a division of the DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES The person(s) with the responsibility for obtaining information and keeping records of all drugs used by a patient (both prescription and over-the-counter medications and herbs) is/are the A AND B (PHYSICIAN AND MEDICAL ASSISTANT) Prescription pads make wonderful notepads and paper for ordering blood tests and X-rays. FALSE OTC means OVER THE COUNTER Who dispenses medications? PHARMACISTS CHAPTER 2: Anaphylaxis is a possible allergic response with any medication and may be fatal. TRUE Which of the following are considered the major drug actions? DEPRESSION, STIMULATION, IRRITATION, DEMULCENCE The amount of drug circulating in the body is called the drug’s BLOOD LEVEL Recombinant DNA technology uses artificially manipulated DNA segments for transfer from a cell of one species to a host...
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...Nursing Practice: Acute NURS7113 Nursing Practice: Acute NURS7113 Due Date: 2nd May 2016 by 0900hours Due Date: 2nd May 2016 by 0900hours Paper Coordinator: Paper Coordinator: | Faculty of HealthAssignment Cover Sheet | Please complete this sheet and attach to your assignment, ensuring that you print clearly. Student ID: | 21303376 | | | Student Name: | KrishnitaSen | | | Programme Name: | Bachelor of Nursing (Pacific) - Year 3 | | | Paper Name: | NURS7113: Nursing Practice- Acute | | | Assignment Name: | Summative Case Study and Reflection | | | Tutor Name: | | | | Date Submitted: | 2nd May, 2016 | | By submitting this assignment, I certify that the work presented follows the guidelines set out in the Programme Handbook and is my own original work. We reserve the right to withhold marks or request further information if we are not satisfied that the work presented is the student’s own, or has been referenced appropriately. Introduction A nurse has a crucial responsibility to make accurate and appropriate clinical decisions in an acute setting working in partnership with health consumers across varies lifespan (Crisp, Taylor, Douglas, Rebeiro, 2013). The assignment aims to help develop the clinical skills of a nurse by demonstrating key aspects of client-centered nursing care in an acute setting during the placement. This assignment is based on a health consumer; that was encountered during clinical placement who is of...
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...safe prescribing and safe administration of medicines. The concept of prescribing and the ability to calculate is the basic requirement of all qualified medical and nursing professions We are proposing over a three year period to run an inter professional collaborative working programme, whereby both student nurses and doctors will come together on a regular basis in a teaching environment to work alongside each other to gain the following skills: • Patient safety in relation to drug administration • Patient safety in relation to drug prescribing • A clearer understanding of each others role • Practical experience in drug administration and drug prescribing in a non –threatening environment • Insight into pharmacology and pharmokinetics and it’s importance in prescribing and administration of drugs. This three-year study we propose to write up and evaluate and hope to publish with the intention to produce learning materials and educational packs to be marketed at later date Rationale for Change Project Medications Errors within any health care setting can have severe consequences not only for the patient but financially for the organisation if litigation comes about. Medication errors can be defined as “any incorrect or wrongful administration of a medication, such as a mistake in dosage or route of administration, failure to prescribe or administer the correct drug or formulation for a particular disease or condition, use of outdated...
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...program. This will give new employees the change to practice, observe others, ask questions, learn from mistakes and familiarize themselveswith the equipment that they are using. It is very important for the bank to utilize itsavailable resources. In this case the supervisor could have given her proper, on-the-jobtraining and informed and familiarized her with the name and function of the machinethat she operates. 2. Do you think setting up an HR unit in the main office would help? Of course I think itwould! Since there are HR-related problems both in the home office and in the branches, it isclear that if a personnel office were set up, it would need to help to coordinate the HRactivities in the branches. 3. What specific functions should it carry out? What HR functions would then be carriedout by supervisors and other line managers? What role should the Internet play in thenew HR organization? There is room for quite a bit of variation in the answers to thisquestion. Our suggested organization would include: HR Unit: job analyses, planning labor...
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...(2003) contradicted the popular idea that medication errors are primarily due to system errors such as physician order entry, the correct specification for unit dose, and the availability of the pharmacy to provide accurate medications. Instead, this research focused on nurses’ mathematical skills and competence in preventing medication errors. Polifroni showed that both nurses and nursing students lack the ability to consistently and accurately calculate medication dosages. Multiple studies were referenced indicating that medication calculation is not properly emphasized in nursing programs and called for more stricter testing and passing standards and for the increased need for more calculation practice. Poilifroni concluded that addressing system issues to prevent medication errors is an inadequate approach until the basic math skills of practitioners has been...
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...pediatric unit. Özdemir (2015) explains that iron deficiency is the most common nutritional deficiency worldwide and an important public health problem. In addition, Miller (2013) explains that although iron deficiency anemia rarely causes death, it can significantly affect an individual’s health. The teaching strategy for this week will revolve around a case study approach. The students will initially be presented with the following case study: An 18-month-old boy is brought into the clinic by his mother complaining that he has been very pale lately. She explains that he is still an active toddler but she states that...
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