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Medical/surgical readmissions in patients with co-occurring serious mental illness: A qualitative systematic literature review
This poster aims to estimate the relationship between comorbid serious mental illness (SMI) diagnosis and 30-day medical-surgical readmissions. The search yielded 424 articles, with fourteen meeting inclusion criteria. ... -
Medical/surgical readmissions in patients with co-occurring serious mental illness: A qualitative systematic literature review
The objectives of this systematic review were to: (1) provide a synthesis of the literature investigating serious mental illness (SMI) and medical-surgical readmissions in the adult population, and (2) quantify the ... -
Medicating patients for pain: How well do we meet their needs?
(2016-03-17)Session presented on Monday, July 27, 2015: Purpose: Pain is part of the human experience. The management of pain is a problem of significant magnitude in the United States. It is one of the most common symptoms that bring ... -
Medication adherence and health beliefs among patients with hypertension: A systematic review
(2018-06-20)Participants attending this session will gain a knowledge related to various patients' health beliefs that could negatively or positively influence medication adherence among patients with hypertension. -
Medication adherence and health care use in people with diabetes, chronic kidney disease and cardiovascular disease
(2012-9-12)Purpose: To examine medication adherence and health care use in people with co-existing diabetes, chronic kidney disease and cardiovascular disease. Methods: Patients aged > 18 years with these comorbid conditions were ... -
Medication adherence intention and health status among people with osteoarthritis in Korea: Pilot study for development of medication adherence program
(2014-11-17)Session presented on Sunday, July 27, 2014: Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore medication adherence intention and health status among people with osteoarthritis in Korea, to provide data that could be ... -
Medication administration safety in medical and surgical units of the Gauteng Province
(2016-07-13)Session presented on Friday, July 22, 2016; Purpose: Andermann et al. (2013:553) and the WHO (2015:1) agreed that research built upon the aim of measuring harm was essential for raising awareness, increasing the knowledge ... -
Medication challenges among homecare nurses
The findings of this study help medical personnel to understand the challenges of homecare nurses facing the medication of the elderly, and as a reference for designing future interventions. -
Medication dosage calculation: A mathematical intervention for nursing students
(2017-02-17)Nurse educators continue to express concern over the struggle that nursing students have with mathematical calculations necessary to compute medication dosage. This applied dissertation designed, implemented, and evaluated ... -
Medication education at your fingertips
The purpose of this project is to provide continuous medication education by having it available on a badge backer . -
Medication error reduction using PDA technology by nursing students at the point of care
(2016-09-26)Session presented on Monday, September 19, 2016: Purpose: The purpose of this evidence-based pilot study was to determine if nursing students could calculate medications in a case study with greater speed and accuracy ... -
Medication Errors Reporting: Do Work Environment and Medication Practices Matter?
(2013-05-13)Session presented on Sunday, April 14, 2013: Background: Medication administration is a complex multi-stage process that involves many healthcare professionals. Medication errors occur in every step of the medication ... -
Medication errors: Issues of concern to anesthesia providers
Medication errors have been cited to occur in one of every twenty anesthetics. This can be attributed to the fact that anesthesia providers are tasked with the rapid-paced, critical decision-making surrounding the preparation ... -
A medication possession intervention to improve adherence and outcomes of heart failure patients after hospitalization
There are no published medication possession interventions for heart failure patients at hospital discharge. This randomized control trial will pilot test Meds to Beds, in which medications are delivered before discharge. ... -
Medication reconciliation completed by pharmacy on admission from the ED
(2017-12-04)Purpose: Medication reconciliation should be performed at all transitions of care according to the Institute for Healthcare Improvement and AHRQ Patient Safety Network. A recent systematic review on errors in medication ... -
Medication reconciliation in a head and neck cancer clinic
The Head and Neck Cancer Clinic is within a Cancer Center in the Southeastern United States. The organization has a medication reconciliation policy in place to ensure that accurate medication information is updated in ... -
Medication reconciliation: It's in the bag
(2016-03-21)Session presented on Monday, November 9, 2015: Background: Medication discrepancies, defined as unexplained differences in documented medications between various sites of care, occur in 70% of patients at hospital admission ... -
Medication safety and education
(2016-03-17)Purpose: To identify medication errors reported by Portuguese nurses. Methods: A descriptive, mixed qualitative and quantitative study. The respondents were a random sample from the hospitals of the central region of ... -
Medication safety simulation: A comparison of students' knowledge, perceptions and comfort
(2016-03-21)Session presented on Monday, November 9, 2015 and Tuesday, November 10, 2015: Background: Nurses have a major role in contributing to safe, quality patient care; however, student nurses and new graduates have deficiencies ... -
Medication safety: Bolus from the bag
This poster presents a process improvement project that was implemented leveraging current IV pump technology to standardize safe medication administration through calculation support of boluses given from the infusing ...
