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"13 Fatal Errors Managers Make and How You Can Avoid Them", 2002.
A review of the business management book "13 Fatal Errors Managers Make and How You Can Avoid Them" by E. Steven Brown.
1,900 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 1 source, $ 71.95
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This paper is a review of the book "13 Fatal Errors Managers Make and How You Can Avoid Them" by E. Steven Brown which lists 13 fatal errors and shows how to avoid them while also saying much about management and business in general.
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Preventing Medication Errors, 2006.
A discussion on fatal errors in hospitals and how they can be avoided.
1,237 words (approx. 4.9 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 42.95
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This paper examines the prevention of medication errors in the healthcare environment, particularly with elderly individuals and older adults who may need help in taking their medication in a hospital setting and where medication errors are perhaps more serious. It details the many things that hospitals can do to reduce the likelihood of medication mistakes by staff members and analyzes how practical and successful these methods are.
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"In terms of analysis of this issue, there are many things that hospitals can do to reduce the likelihood of medication mistakes by staff members whether they are physicians, nurses, or other healthcare professionals. First of all as mentioned the healthcare provider can provide education on a continuous basis to its employees. Many people after they get out of nursing school don't remember all of the complicated drug interactions and medication interactions which are constantly changing as well. So displaying these in an easy to read chart format predominantly in the hospital can keep the information easily at hand to reduce errors. Also as mentioned there is the technique of color coding or bar coding medications and patients, to separate them from each other and to make the medications match being the predominant issue here. These are systems which have advanced far beyond traditional color coding and gone to a bar code system which is registered in a networked computing environment system. "All meds have a bar code on them, and the patient ID band also has one," Sublett says. "We have an online system, and when a nurse pulls up the screen, it highlights the meds to give. Then you scan all the meds, and if one is wrong, the system alerts you. If it is all right, you scan the bracelet and get an immediate warning if it's not the right patient" (Bar, 2005). It is assumed that even if some nurses use dubious methods of getting through school because they don't know what is going on, once out in the field they are quickly going to be found incompetent if they can't do something like scanning a bracelet right and matching patient medication. However, as mentioned, human error seems to be ultimately a variable that cannot be left out of any equation, in many cases even due to administrative oversight.
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The Fatal Conceit, 2002.
Analysis of F.A. Hayek's book "The Fatal Conceit: Errors of Socialism".
2,400 words (approx. 9.6 pages), 5 sources, $ 89.95
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This ten-page undergraduate paper discusses the free market system and the socialist system with reference to F.A. Hayek's book "The Fatal Conceit: Errors of Socialism". The book focuses on the reasons why socialist system failed and why capitalism is a better system for the rapidly changing world today.
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Medication Administration Errors, 2004.
An examination of what nurses perceive as the causative factors contributing to medication administration errors.
1,742 words (approx. 7.0 pages), 16 sources, MLA, $ 56.95
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This paper examines how, too often, health care systems do not take the time necessary to define causative factors for medication administration errors and how, rather, it is more convenient to simply assign blame. It looks at how studies suggest that medication administration errors are on the rise and how far more errors happen than are currently reported. It proposes a study to investigate how health care systems contribute to medication administration errors and to better define exactly what critical factors are most to blame for those errors. It aims to examine the notion that systematic errors are in large part to blame for administration errors, rather than individual errors. It also intends to develop a framework for identifying potential causes for errors, thus supplying nursing care professionals much needed tools to enable them to prevent such errors.
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Introduction
Background of Problem
Significance of the Problem
Problem Statement
Conceptual Framework
Preliminary Literature Review
Method
Research Design
Data Collection Procedure
Ethical Considerations
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"In a health care environment, a system may be defined as the following: an integrated delivery system, a centrally owned multi-hospital system, an operating room, an obstetrical unit or an oncology unit (NAP, n.d.: 45). To understand how errors might happen in a system, one must first examine the more far reaching elements of a system. For example, the operating room can be tied to the larger surgical department, which is part of a hospital, which is ?part of a larger health care delivery system? (NAP, n.d.:45). This makes the process of identifying an error within the system more challenging, because there are greater areas to examine."
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Reducing the Incidence of Medication Errors, 2008.
An analysis of the reasons for and the ways to prevent medication errors in the healthcare setting.
1,556 words (approx. 6.2 pages), 8 sources, APA, $ 51.95
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This paper provides an overview of medication errors. It describes the most common types and causes of medication errors and discusses the impact of medication errors on patient care. The paper then provides some strategies that can be used in virtually any healthcare setting in order to help reduce the number of medication errors that occur and therefore improve patient care.
Table of Contents:
Review and Discussion
Definition of Medication Error
Causes of Medication Errors
Impact on Client Care
Strategies to Prevent Medication Errors
Conclusion
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"The research and empirical observations suggest that because healthcare professionals are just human, medication errors will happen and the consequences of such errors can be severe. The research also showed, though, that nursing staff in particular can benefit from the above-stated five "rights" to help them avoid some of the most common types of medication errors which were shown to include improper dosages, the wrong drugs and the wrong route of administration. Because the consequences of medication errors can be so dire, it is vitally important for all healthcare providers to take the time necessary to use the strategies outlined above to help guide them in the proper preparation, dispensing and administration of all medications."
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Medical Errors, 2005.
How mandatory reporting systems and computer technology are addressing the issue of medical errors.
8,105 words (approx. 32.4 pages), 12 sources, APA, $ 174.95
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This paper takes a detailed look at what the health care industry is doing in order to combat the current crisis of deaths due to preventable medical errors. The paper also examines the benefits and challenges to the system, which the health care industry is implementing to deal with the problem, and provides recommended guidelines for improving patient safety.
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Medical Errors Background Information
Stakeholders
Type of Errors
Mandatory Reporting Systems
Challenges
Legal Protection of Error Information
Public Disclosure of Errors
Legislation
Patient Involvement
Recommended Guidelines
Elements Impacting Mandatory Reporting Costs
The Mandatory System at Work: Florida and NY
Use and Analysis of Data: Florida
Use and Analysis of Data: New York
Cost Analysis of Reporting Programs
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"The solution is to crate an atmosphere in hospitals that fosters less blame, not more, according to the IOM report. A blue-ribbon pane appointed by the IOM argues that the failure to acknowledge and analyze mistakes deprives hospitals of important information that could help prevent similar mistakes in the future. However, many in the healthcare industry argue that mandatory reporting of errors will foster an atmosphere of lawsuits and backlash by the public. The end results would be increased costs, higher insurance premiums, and an overall distrust of hospitals and other healthcare facilities."
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Antipholus' Speech in Shakespeare's "The Comedy of Errors", 2008.
A review of Antipholus' Speech in Shakespeare's "The Comedy of Errors."
936 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 33.95
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The paper comments that the play, "The Comedy of Errors" is much more than a simple comedy or farce as it is usually seen; it is rather a profound meditation on human life, and the way in which errors blind men and keep them from the truth. The paper concludes that Shakespeare's play is a profound meditation on the human condition as a progression from error, illusion and confusion, towards ultimate truth and enlightenment.
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"The passage thus contains a few key elements for the interpretation of the play: first of all, the words "transformation", "error", "deceit" and the phrase "earthy-gross conceit" all hint at the main theme of the play: the plane of the human life is seen as a farcical game, in which the mortals are generally erring and confusing the truth with illusion. The play is thus much more than a simple comedy or farce as it is usually seen; it is rather a profound meditation on human life, and the way in which errors blind men and keep them from the truth. Men are generally "smothered in errors", "feeble" and "weak", in the hands of the divine will."
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The Comedy of Errors: Christianity in Shakespearean Era, 2002.
Shows that although it is a comedy, Shakespeare's play, "The Comedy of Errors" contains a great deal of insight into the religious state of Shakespeare's era.
1,542 words (approx. 6.2 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 50.95
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This paper explains in what ways Shakespeare was quite critical of the practice of Christianity and its hypocrisies. Ephesus, the town where "The Comedy of Errors" is set, contains a great deal of religious history. It is one of the places where St. Paul preached Christianity, as told in Acts of the Apostles in the Biblical New Testament. Ephesus was the source of much witchcraft and sorcery, and subsequently much Christian reform. It shows how through scene setting, Shakespeare had many things to say about Christianity in his play. We see the way in which the characters deal with the Christian hypocrisy of their time. The church focuses power in a patriarchal way; the men abuse this power while the women and servants (Adriana, Dromio) are expected to abide by biblical ideals. The paper addresses all these themes, including detailed adverse effects of the Christian society on the female and lower-class characters. Included are an overabundance of textual quotes, as well as some direct biblical references.
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"In moving the location of Plautus?s play, The Brothers Menaechmus, from Epidamium (in Ancient Greece) to the Turkish city of Ephesus, Shakespeare placed the action in a newer and more dramatic religious environment for The Comedy of Errors. The missionary St. Paul, whose travel and imprisonment in Ephesus are recorded in the Christian Bible?s ?Acts of the Apostles,? associated the city with witchcraft and evil sorcery, but also sought to refine it. There are several places in Ephesus whose names hark back to the mythology of Ancient Greece, such as the ?Centaur? (Antipholus of Syracuse?s inn) and the ?Phoenix? (Antipholus of Ephesus?s home). Yet this sets up a religious conflict within the city of Ephesus, for most of the characters indicate themselves to be Christian. Antipholus of Syracuse directly states, ?I am a Christian?? (23), while characters like Luciana and Adriana suggest it in their moral counsel, or even simple exclamations (LUCIANA: ?God for Thy mercy?!? (123)). At the beginning of Act IV, the Second Merchant reminds Angelo the goldsmith, ?You know since Pentecost the sum is due? (87), demonstrating that the Christian calendar is instituted so that it guides even business dealings. However, Shakespeare does not praise Christianity in this play; at times, the manipulation of Christianity is equally as bad (if not worse) than the paganism that St. Paul had originally set out to dispel. It serves as an oppressor to selected characters throughout the play."
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Risk Management: Medication Errors, 2005.
Examines errors in drug administration in the health care industry.
1,300 words (approx. 5.2 pages), 7 sources, APA, $ 43.95
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This paper discusses risk management at hospitals and medication errors that occur. It shows what hospitals can do to correct the problem with computer based order entry and education.
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"This resource provided to the rounding physicians, fellows, residents, and interns provides on the spot educational resources during rounds and decreases the risk of medication errors by providing correct dosing, drug-drug interactions, appropriate medications for treatment of disease and possible patient outcomes on the chosen medications. These methods of correction have decreased the order writing errors at facilities throughout the nation. These actions have addressed the percentage of errors in the order writing, transcribing, and dispensing phases of the medication process."
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Nursing Leadership Style and ICU Errors, 2005.
Applies nursing leadership theories in order to reduce ICU errors.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 6 sources, $ 89.95
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The assignment in this paper calls for the application of nursing leadership principles to reduce medical or medication errors in an ICU of a healthcare facility. In addition a discussion is presented with respect to risk management situations and programs as well as how to effectively implement a risk management program. Although not called for, but important, is a presentation on EMR with respect to nurse managers.
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"There exists today a significant need to foster a healthcare environment wherein there exists a partnership amongst educators, government regulatory agencies, practitioners, and professional organizations to assist the nursing profession with an insurmountable task; namely, to combine nursing education, experience, and learning into a best fit practice for the management of optimal patient care. In order to accomplish this challenging task there must exist, on all sides of education, an acceptable and proactive understanding of that which constitutes management in a nursing healthcare environment, regardless of the nursing healthcare delivery area. However, a state of effective management in nursing does not exist in a vacuum. The focus of this paper will be, therefore, on that which constitutes a sound leadership dais with respect to an important issue concerning all healthcare practitioners, namely, medical errors in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU)."
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U.S. Errors in Vietnam, 2002.
An examination of U.S. errors in Vietnam.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 6 sources, $ 35.95
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This paper examines American political and military errors in Vietnam and discusses the reasons why the United States did not win the Vietnam War.
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Nursing Role in Preventing Medication Errors, 2008.
A look at the role of professional nurses in the prevention of medication- related errors.
1,312 words (approx. 5.2 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 44.95
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This paper describes the role of the nursing profession in the prevention of medication-related errors in any hospital. The author provides an account of the procedures in place and concludes with the statement that although internal challenges exist, the external challenges can be remedied, albeit slowly.
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"Apart from administering medications, they are responsible for the preparation, labeling, and identification of the patient to whom it is given. With regard to this a mnemonic to aid in making sure errors do not occur in medication administration has been created based on six rights: right patient, right medication, right amount, right route, right time and right charting. Firstly, the correct person must be paired with the correct medication. The medication in turn, must be of the correct effective dose to produce a therapeutic effect; underdosing is evidently ineffective in producing any type of change in clinical course whereas overdosing may have an impact on one or more organ systems that benefit or are harmed by its presence, or clear it from the body. The correct route of delivery must also be determined, as this may affect a drug's effectiveness, particularly in the case of oral medications as they are metabolized and rendered chemically inert by the liver in the case of most drugs. The right timing of a drug must also be followed, as therapeutic levels of a drug within the body must be maintained for a given period of time to have the desired effect in vivo. Proper acknowledgment of a medication order by the physician must be documented. In the same light, documentation of administration of the drug must be carried out in a patient's chart. With the advent of technology that bypasses paper chart orders such as through the telephone or computer, documentation must still be carried out without fail."
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American Airlines Management Errors, 2004.
Case study and analysis of tactical and political errors in the management of American Airlines.
3,379 words (approx. 13.5 pages), 16 sources, MLA, $ 96.95
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This paper determines the core problems of American Airlines in the aftermath of the September 11th attacks. While the company seemed to be suffering from a liquidity shortfall, data suggests that the company problems were due to the overall crisis sweeping through the industry. The paper also examines certain major issues involving management, competitiveness, and effectiveness, which resulted in the replacement of the company?s executive officer.
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Challenge
Problems
An Outdated Business Model
Inadequate Location Planning
Notorious Capacity Planning
Adverse Marketing and Consumer Reorientation
Outcome
Transformation
Reducing Labor Costs
Increasing Efficiency and Raising Productivity
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"For the airline industry as a whole, September 11th was not only a change ? it was a devastation for capital models, marketing practices, and operations techniques. Reducing costs and increasing productivity became priorities. When he woke up on September 12, 2001, Donald Carty, CEO at the time, should have probably realized that he had a new business to run. Extra issues had come up that had to be resolved and future plans were uncertain. It was a brave new world out there and only those, who were quick with changes, could retain profitability in the long run. AA started off fairly well. Ten days after the crashes, AMR Corp. announced plans for 20,000 layoffs in American, in addition to cuts in schedule amounting to 20% of flights . Furthermore, the airline also closed almost all of its city ticket offices and six of its fifty Admirals Clubs, while Carty declared that he will forgo his $10 mln. pay and bonuses for 2001, in order to help the carrier with ?the tremendously difficult challenges ahead? ."
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Reduction of Errors and Patient Risk in ICU, 2008.
A case study analysis of Porter Valparaiso Hospital's attempts to reduce error and patient risk in their intensive care unit (ICU).
3,437 words (approx. 13.7 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 97.95
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This paper presents a case study that examines the process and results achieved by one hospital, Porter Valparaiso of Valparaiso, Indiana, as encountered in its efforts to improve safety and reduce error in the intensive care unit (ICU). It describes the background of errors in the hospital and how the hospital attempted to reduce these errors. It then discusses their results.
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Background
Hospital Goals and Self-assessment
Application of New Processes
Results and Discussion
Conclusions
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"This case study is suggestive of a number of areas for additional research. Due to its nature as a case study, it is unclear if similar adoption of the TICU methodology framework in cooperation with institution-specific goals would be effective in all medical environments. Since many of the procedure and protocol changes were TICU instituted, it is additionally unclear what the hospital / unit-specific measures contributed to reduction of risk. Additional studies concerning the infection-suppression and glucose monitoring techniques used in the Porter Valparaiso ICU would be helpful to identify their contribution in comparison to those methods provided or recommended by TICU. This case study also omitted any internal challenges encountered in incorporating new methods; staff response and criticism is limited and may help other organizations to better handle the same challenges."
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Medication Errors, 2005.
This paper is based on an ethical case study of a nurse and preceptor who makes a medication error.
2,025 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 10 sources, $ 80.95
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This paper explains that medication errors extend to the very core issues of nursing. The author points out that the nurse and preceptor, who made the medication error in this case, involves the nursing student by asking her to ignore the error and say nothing. The paper relates that it is very clear that this individual is not suitable to be a nurse or a preceptor and that she should be reported.
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"Every situation involving a medication error is a serious matter and a potential legal case (Smetzer, 1998). Medication errors extend to the very core issues of nursing. The most pertinent of those issues is accountability. "In the legal sense, if one is accountable, one is liable to be called to account for the extent to which the actions taken were consistent with the nurse's responsibilities" (Snowdon & Rajacich, 1993, p. 5). In this situation (#2), only two options are available. As will be demonstrated, the only option which conforms to the concept of accountability is the second choice."
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