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A 7 page paper discussing the origins and prevention of medication error in the clinical setting. The paper concludes that experience and reflection can and do teach much, but experience’s accumulation of knowledge should not be at the expense of practice of “the basics.” The competent practitioner needs to ensure that s/he remains grounded in the basics while yet increasing and expanding on knowledge of new approaches and technologies. Bibliography lists 16 sources.
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7 pages (~225 words per page)
File: CC6_KSnursMedAdmRef.rtf
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All of healthcare has been changing over the past two decades, and it remains in transition as policy changes, social structure, economic pressures and
advances in medical technology continue to progress. Whereas the nurse of the distant pass often was limited in communication with physicians to "Yes, doctor," the still-proceeding transitions in healthcare
continue to elevate the position of nurse while not diminishing the role of the physician. The purpose here is to evaluate likely changes in nursing practice relative to medication
administration as the nurse moves from novice to experienced. Reflective Process In essence, nursing and medical staff have coalesced into a more partnership-based
role where quality is highest and processes are most efficient. That transition has not completely emerged in many facilities, however. Several authors have opinions and research-based evidence as
to why this is true. The very structure of medicine has changed dramatically over the past generation and more. One author reports
that in 1960, the percentage of female US medical school graduates was only 5.7 percent. By 2000, that percentage had increased to 42 percent (Proposal, 2001). Nursing still
is overwhelmingly female, though nursing also is experiencing a gender shift as more men come to the profession than at any time in the past (Woodard and House, 1997).
The result is that "Suddenly there is great interest in how men and women talk to each other" (Woodard and House, 1997; p. 39),
not only in the healthcare industry, but also in the larger society. Woodard and House (1997) support this statement with a review of the gender-based communication publications that have
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