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The chances of your parent or grandparent being subject to so-called "chemical restraint" by nursing-home staff is about 10% higher than it would have been if the staffing mandate had survived, ...
Aim To evaluate the effectiveness of a ‘Do not interrupt’ bundled intervention to reduce non-medication-related interruptions to nurses during medication administration. Methods A parallel eight ...
Objective To determine the prevalence, nature and predictors of patients having medication administration omissions in hospitals. Methods All medication administration omissions data collected using ...
NORWOOD, Mass., July 4, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The New England Center for Children (NECC), a globally recognized leader in ...
Three people share the hoops they've jumped through, financial strain they've endured and risks they've taken on in order to ...
The University of New Brunswick is rolling out virtual reality for nursing students — with $500,000 in provincial funding to support the program over three years.
An Indianapolis nurse is accused of fraud, and WRTV Investigates uncovered it’s not the first time. Debbie Armstrong, a licensed nurse of 17 years, is accused of diverting drugs meant for patients.
An interactive computer program may help nurses learn and implement safe medication administration practices.
This study demonstrates that a simple, relatively inexpensive, and easy to implement continuing-education strategy can contribute to improved medication administration practice. Many of the ...
While medication is often an option, other strategies can be used to manage ADHD and anxiety as well. They can be used in place of medication or in addition to it to help manage symptoms.
Introduction: Care home residents are at particular risk from medication errors, and our objective was to determine the prevalence and potential harm of prescribing, monitoring, dispensing and ...