Personal Narrative Essay

When making the decision to prescribe there are a number of influence you have to consider. It is important to have an awareness of these influences and take them into consideration when issuing a prescription. It is importance to have knowledge of the DOH (2006) Medicines Matters this give guidance on the mechanisms available for prescribing and administration and supply of products. Team trends and external company’s and there representatives promoting their products have a big influence on your prescribing practice Bradley (2006) found that these influences were of concern to some nurses feeling that their colleague may ask them to prescribe for patients they haven’t seen. Thomas (2008)

The dosage was to high for the patient because the chart started going over the regular normal level

I have done a technical check of a blister pack for one of our patients. This compliance pack was prepared by a new staff. Upon checking I realized that she was missing three pills risedronate, metformin, and one levetiracetam. This mistake could affect the effectiveness and safety of our patient. The person preparing them was informed to pay more attention and double check the blister packs at the end and the errors were rectified.

E &I believe Reject 50 to be an incorrect rejection and message to be returned to the pharmacy in the following condition with 'X':

The results revealed that most failed scans were due to lack of a barcode on drugs or the inability to recognize the NDC labels by the BCMA database. After addressing the problems, a three-month pilot test was conducted on a patient care unit and the success rate of scanning increased to >96%. This study would be relevant to the capstone project.

Patient has been previously certified with 45 Tablets of Soma 350 mg, 75 Tablets of Norco 10/325 mg and 30 Tablets of Morphine ER 60 mg on 09/01/16 (Review

Medication history documented that the patient was given 14-day supply of clonazepam 0.5 mg on 04/08/15. However, subsequent clonazepam requests (05/05/15 and 05/06/15) were rejected.

When deciding on which area to focus on for this task it was important for me that medication administration is done with no room for error to occur. When administering any type of medication to a patient it must be clear as well as concise as to what you are doing. One thing that has to be correct at all times is the five rights’ to medication administration are followed and done correctly. The five rights’ are: Right patient, Right route, right time, right medication, Right dose. If you miss even one of these important rights you can cause severe harm to your patient.

A Doctor from Kisii Level Six Hospital Dr Frankline Ondabu confirmed that the drugs were indeed

02/09/2017-Katti was informed that a sleep study had been scanned but not routed to the provider. She called the help desk and inquired as to who scanned the document and received the

You can see online medical stores are sprouting on the Internet. This increases the responsibility on your shoulder to find out that your chosen pharmacy is genuine or not. There are several medicines, which are not allowed for over-the-counter sale. You need to submit your prescription in order to purchase these matters. In case your chosen pharmacy is supplying all the medicines without any prescription, then the reliability of the company is understood. You cannot believe on this company to purchase high-quality medicines.

One of the biggest barriers or challenges that diminish interaction between nurses and pharmacists are the limited pharmacists and pharmacist technicians at work. When medications are needed “STAT” for emergencies there are not enough pharmacy technicians or pharmacists on staff to fill the orders in a timely

On 9/28 Deborah email Elizabeth (me), that additional testing has been initiated at DMG and

Patient has been previously certified with 60 Capsules of Lyrica 50 mg and 180 Tablets of Norco 10/325mg on 10/13/16.

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