Medication Errors

Books

Medication Errors [Hardcover]
By: Michael R. Cohen
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Preventing Medication Errors Strategies for Pharmacists
By: Joint Commission Resources
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Medication Errors:: Lessons for Education And Healthcare [Paperback]
By: Robert Naylor
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Medication Errors: The Nursing Experience (Real Nursing) [Paperback]
By: Zane Robinson Wolf
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Medication Errors: Causes, Prevention, and Risk Management [Paperback]
By: Michael R. Cohen
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Preventing Medication Errors and Improving Drug Therapy Outcomes: A Management Systems Approach [Hardcover]
By:

Charles D. Hepler (Author), Richard Segal (Author)


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Avoiding Common ICU Errors [Paperback]
By:

Lisa Marcucci (Editor), Elizabeth A. Martinez (Editor), Elliott R. Haut (Editor), Anthony D. Slonim (Editor), Jose I. Suarez (Editor)


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Focus on Safe Medication Practices [Paperback]
By:

Melanie J Rantucci (Author), Christine Stewart (Author), Ian Stewart (Author)


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200 Medication Errors and How to Avoid Them [Paperback]
By:

Michael R. Cohen (Author)


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Lippincott Guide to Preventing Medication Errors [Paperback]
By:

Amy M. Karch (Author)


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Medication Errors Guidebook [Paperback]
By:

Daniel Farb (Author), Cyndie Koopsen (Author), Caroline Young (Author)


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Medication Reconciliation: Practical Strategies and Tools for Joint Commission Compliance, Second Edition [Perfect Paperback]
By:

Molly McDaniel, PhrmD (Author), Kristine Gleason, RPh (Author)


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Journals

Effect of Computerized Physician Order Entry and a Team Intervention on Prevention of Serious Medication Errors
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The Impact of Computerized Physician Order Entry on Medication Error Prevention
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Role of Computerized Physician Order Entry Systems in Facilitating Medication Errors
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Medication Errors and Adverse Drug Events in Pediatric Inpatients
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Relationship between medication errors and adverse drug events
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Fundamentals of medication error research
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Using information technology to reduce rates of medication errors in hospitals
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Medication Errors Observed in 36 Health Care Facilities
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Medication Error Prevention by Clinical Pharmacists in Two Children’s Hospitals
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Computerized Physician Order Entry and Medication Errors in a Pediatric Critical Care Unit
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Prioritizing Strategies for Preventing Medication Errors and Adverse Drug Events in Pediatric Inpatients
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Factors contributing to medication errors: a literature review
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Pressure Sores

Books

Pressure Sore Prevention
By:

Alison Simpson (Author)


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Prevention of Pressure Sores: Engineering and Clinical Aspects (Series in Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering)
By:

John G. Webster (Author)


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Pressure Ulcers in Adults: Prediction & Prevention [Paperback]
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Pressure Ulcers: Guidelines for Prevention and Nursing Management [Paperback]
By:

Joann Maklebust (Author), Mary Sieggreen (Author)


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Pressure Ulcer Research: Current and Future Perspectives [Hardcover]
By:

Dan Bader (Editor)


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Nurse to Nurse Wound Care [Paperback]
By:

Donna Scemons (Author), Denise Elston (Author)


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Pressure Area Care (Essential Clinical Skills for Nurses) [Paperback]
By:

Karen Ousey (Editor)


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Quick Reference To Wound Care [Paperback]
By:

Pamela Brown (Author)


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Pressure ulcers in adults : prediction and prevention (SuDoc HE 20.6520:3) [Paperback]
By:

U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services (Author)


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The Prevention and treatment of Pressure Ulcers [Paperback]
By:

Moya Morison BA BSc(Hons) MSc PhD PGCE RGN (Author)


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Pressure Ulcer Research: Current and Future Perspectives [Paperback]
By:

Dan L. Bader (Editor), Carlijn V.C. Bouten (Editor), Denis Colin (Editor), Cees W.J. Oomens (Editor)


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The Diabetic Foot (Contemporary Diabetes) [Hardcover]
By:

Aristidis Veves (Editor), John M. Giurini (Editor), Frank W. LoGerfo (Editor)


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Clinical Guide: Skin and Wound Care (Clinical Guide: Skin & Wound Care)
By:

Cathy Thomas Hess (Author)


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Pressure Ulcers (Access to Clinical Education)
By:

Jenny Phillips BSc(Hons) DipN RGN (Author)


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Pressure Ulcers: Guidelines for Prevention and Nursing Management
By:

Joann Maklebust (Author), Mary Sieggreen (Author)


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Nursing Home Falls

Books

Falls, Balance and Gait Disorders in the Elderly
By:

B. Vellas (Author), M. Toupet (Author), L. Rubenstein (Author), and J. L. Albarede (Author)


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Little Black Book of Geriatrics (Little Black Books) [Paperback]
By:

Karen Gershman M.D. (Author)


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Vertigo: Its Multisensory Syndromes
By:

Thomas Brandt (Author)


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American Medical Association Handbook of First Aid and Emergency Care [Paperback]
By:

American Medical Association (Author)


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Essentials of Clinical Geriatrics
By:

Robert Kane (Author), Joseph Ouslander (Author), and Itmar Abrass (Author)


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Falls in Older People: Risk Factors and Strategies for Prevention [Paperback]
By:

Stephen R. Lord (Author), Catherine Sherrington (Author), Hylton B. Menz (Author), Jacqueline C. T. Close (Author)


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Reducing the Risk of Falls in Your Health Care Organization
By:

Ilese J. Smith (Editor)


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Patient Falls Assessment And Prevention: Strategies And Tools to Comply With JCAHO [Paperback]
By:

Carol A. Payson (Author), Corinne A. Haviley (Author)


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Preventing Patient Falls [Paperback]
By:

Janice Morse (Author)


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Evidence-based Falls Prevention: A Study Guide for Nurses
By:

Carole Edlridge (Author)


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Assistive Technology-Shaping the Future (Assistive Technology Research Series,) (Vol 11) [Illustrated] [Hardcover]
By:

Ger M. Craddock (Editor)


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Fallproof!:A Comprehensive Balance & Mobility Training Program
By:

Debra Rose (Author)


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Journals

Depression in the Elderly — Falls and Pitfalls
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Interventions for preventing falls in elderly people
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The Effects of Exercise on Falls in Elderly Patients A Preplanned Meta-analysis of the FICSIT Trials
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Falls in the Elderly: A Prospective Study of Risk Factors and Risk Profiles
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Preventing Falls in Elderly Persons
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Randomised controlled trial of a general practice programme of home based exercise to prevent falls in elderly women
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Prevention of falls in the elderly trial (PROFET): a randomised controlled trial
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Forgetting falls. The limited accuracy of recall of falls in the elderly.
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Incidence of and Risk Factors for Falls and Injurious Falls among the Community-dwelling Elderly
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Factors associated with falls in the elderly: a community study.
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Falls in the elderly related to postural imbalance
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Falls and injuries in frail and vigorous community elderly persons.
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Nursing Home Liability

Books

Nursing Home Litigation: Investigation And Case Preparation
By:

Patricia W. Iyer (Author)


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Hospital Liability
By:

James Walker Smith (Author)


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The Lawyer’s Guide to Elder Injury and Accident Compensation
By:

James T. O'Reilly (Author)


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Litigating the Nursing Home Case [Paperback]
By:

James T. O'Reilly (Author)


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Law and Social Work Practice: A Legal Systems Approach, Second Edition (Springer Series on Social Work) [Hardcover]
By:

Raymond Albert MWS JD (Author)


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Elder Law Portfolio Series (Supplemented Twice Annually)
By:

Harry Margolis, Esq. (Author)


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Residence Options for Older and Disabled Clients [Paperback]
By:

Lawrence A. Frolik (Author)


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Contemporary Nursing: Issues, Trends, & Management
By:

Barbara Cherry and Susan Jacob


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AWHONN Liability Issues in Perinatal Nursing [Paperback]
By:

Donna Miller Rostant (Author), Rebecca F Cady (Author)


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Aging And The Law [Paperback]
By:

Lawrence Frolik (Author)


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Legal Manual for Nursing Homes
By:

Peter J. Buttaro (Author)


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Representing the Elderly Client: Law And Practice
By:

Thomas D. Begley (Author)


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Ethics, Law, and Aging Review, Volume 7: Liability Issues and Risk Management in Caring for Older Persons [Hardcover]
By:

Marshall Kapp JD MPH FCLM (Author)


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Nursing Malpractice
By:

Patricia W. Iyer (Editor)


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Municipal Liability: Law and Practice
By:

Vincent R. Fontana


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Theories on Law and Ageing: The Jurisprudence of Elder Law [Hardcover]
By:

Israel Doron (Editor)


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Journals

Imposing Federal Criminal Liability on Nursing Homes: A Way of Deterring Inadequate Health Care and Improving the Quality of Care Delivered
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Nursing home restraints and legal liability
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Falls in the Nursing Home
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The Fear of Liability and the Use of Restraints in Nursing Homes
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Incidence and preventability of adverse drug events in nursing homes
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The Relationship Between Physical Restraint Removal and Falls and Injuries Among Nursing Home Residents
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Pain Evaluation and Management in the Nursing Home
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Persistent Nonmalignant Pain and Analgesic Prescribing Patterns in Elderly Nursing Home Residents
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Patient outcome as a measure of quality of nursing home care.
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Using restraint with nursing home residents: a qualitative study of nursing staff perceptions and decision-making
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Nursing

Books

Healthy Ageing: Nursing Older People [Hardcover]
By:

Hazel Heath MSC BA(Hons) DipN(Lond) CertEd FETC ITEC RGN RCNT RNT (Author), Irene Schofield MSc (Author)

Nursing Elderly People [Paperback]
By:

Sally J. Redfern (Author), Fiona M. Ross (Author)


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Brocklehurst’s Textbook of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology: Expert Consult – Online and Print (Brocklehurst’s Textbook of Geriatric Medicine & Gerontology) [Hardcover]
By:

Howard M. Fillit MD (Author), Kenneth Rockwood (Author), Kenneth Woodhouse (Author)


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Fundamentals of Geriatric Medicine: A Case-Based Approach [Kindle Edition]
By:

Helen Fernandez (Adapter), Christine K. Cassel (Adapter), Rosanne Leipzig (Adapter), Rainier P. Soriano (Editor)


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Nutrition Almanac #6
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Transforming Nursing Data into Quality Care: Profiles of Quality Improvement in U.S. Healthcare Facilities [Paperback]
By:

Isis Montalvo (Editor), Nancy Dunton (Editor)


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Quality Health Care: A Guide to Developing and Using Indicators [Hardcover]
By:

Robery Lloyd (Author)


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Vascular Disease: Nursing and Management [Paperback]
By:

Shelagh Murray (Author)


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Is It in Your Genes? The Influence of Genes on Common Disorders and Diseases that Affect You and Your Family
By:

Philip R. Reilly (Author)


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Elderly Medicine: A Training Guide
By:

Gurcharan S. Rai (Author), Graham P. Mulley (Author)


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Jonathan RosenfeldJonathan Rosenfeld is a lawyer who represents people injured in nursing homes and long-term care facilities. Jonathan has represented victims of nursing home abuse and neglect throughout Illinois and across the country. Jonathan’s reputation as an aggressive advocate for the…

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Q: Medical Journal Calls for Increased Use of Pressure Sore Assessment Scale

A recent study from the Ostomy Wound Management journal claims that the Braden Scale of assessment  is extremely effective in diagnosing and preventing bed sores, or decubitus ulcers. The six-point Braden Scale, which was developed in 1987, assesses patients in …

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