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A Study Of The Utilization Of Nursing Personnel On A Selected Medical Unit, Selma Adams
A Study Of The Utilization Of Nursing Personnel On A Selected Medical Unit, Selma Adams
Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects
This study was concerned with the utilization of nursing personnel on a selected medical unit. The purpose of the study were to find out: (1) if the nursing service personnel were being fully utilized; (2) the percent of the time the nursing personnel spent in giving direct and indirect patient care; and (3) where adjustments could be made to provide a more equal distribution of nursing procedures and nursing personnel.
This study was conducted on a fifty-eight bed medical unit of a selected hospital. The normative survey was the method used and the tool, Patient Care Report, was completed by …
The Incidence And Types Of Medication Errors Occurring Among A Selected Group Of Elderly Patients, Harriet Dinsmore
The Incidence And Types Of Medication Errors Occurring Among A Selected Group Of Elderly Patients, Harriet Dinsmore
Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects
The purpose of this study was to find the incidence of medication errors among a group of patients, sixty years of age and over, who were being treated in the outpatient department of a selected urban hospital; and to investigate the effect of certain selected factors on the errors found. It was also planned to compare findings from this study with one done by Schwartz et. al. in New York. The descriptive survey approach employing an interview guide was used.
Errors were classified as those of omission, self-medication, incorrect dosage, and errors in timing or sequence. Fifty-two per cent of …