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Use of Magnesium Sulfate for Preterm Labor Can Have Potentially Lethal...
Magnesium Sulfate has been used in pregnant women to help prevent preterm labor and delivery. It is also used in low doses in preeclampsia to prevent seizures. However, magnesium sulfate can be a very...
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Medication Error, comment
Medication error:I too agree that many different things go wrong when there is a medication error made. I totally agree that patients need to take some responsibility for them. I recently had a patient...
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Medication Safety
I have been touched by the many recent news headlines of medication errors, especially those involving newborns. In yesterday’s news covering a Las Vegas malpractice case, a sobbing pharmacist was...
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Narcotic Abuse
An increase in potential narcotics diversions were occurring within our Emergency Department after an influx of Agency nurses. What was happening; pain meds were being administered without...
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Medication Identification
In this day and time patients have to be their own advocate. Many take whatever the doctor prescribes and doesn’t even ask questions. When they are admitted to the hospital they possibly have no idea...
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