Administering medication to a child can be one of the most difficult tasks a parent faces. It can become downright daunting when a child is on multiple types of medication that must be dispensed at ...

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Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Medication errors that happen in schools are the same that occur in other settings, an expert said. New AAP ...

Administering medications through the nose as an alternative to injections or IVs is becoming increasingly popular in emergency departments and ambulances, according to a new paper. Administering ...

One of the most serious responsibilities that healthcare providers have is administering medications correctly. There are seven rights of medication administration and three checks to protect patients ...

Purpose: An overview of enteral feeding tubes, drug administration techniques, considerations for dosage form selection, common drug interactions with enteral formulas, and methods to minimize tube ...

Administering medication to an NPO patient Advice for administering baclofen for a spinal cord injury to a patient with a nasogastric tube. A man who has been taking baclofen (Lioresal) 20 mg four ...

The primary objective of any pharmaceutical preparation is to provide the desired drug concentration to the proper site in the body to promptly achieve the therapeutic effect (Hilleman & Banakar, 1992 ...

Every year, some 7,000 Americans die from treatment mistakes at United States hospitals. Every year, some 7,000 Americans die from treatment mistakes at United States hospitals. As health care ...

The length of a chemotherapy session depends on the type of chemotherapy. For example, ingesting oral medications may take a few seconds, whereas IV treatments could take up to several days ...