Essays on: Prescriptions

Title: Essay on the Opioid Crisis in the Workplace
Last modified: 30th Jun 2021
Introduction: Prescription drug abuse has skyrocketed over the past decade, especially from Opioid analgesics, and has become a serious epidemic in today’s society....

Title: Whose Prescription Pad Is It? Direct-to-Consumer Pharmaceutical Advertising Explained
Last modified: 3rd Dec 2020
Introduction: Direct-to-consumer pharmaceutical advertising (DTCPA) is the industry that advertises directly to patients by pharmaceutical companies....

Title: Issue of High Prescription Drug Costs in The United States
Last modified: 13th Nov 2020
Introduction: The usage of prescription drugs in the United States has increased over the years as the growth of pharmaceutical industries....

Title: Under the Influence: Prescription Drug Pricing in the United States.
Last modified: 29th May 2020
Introduction: Medication has become an integral part of the American lifestyle. As I was growing up, I have seen many members of my family take prescriptions and this is not an uncommon occurrence. “Nearly half o...

Title: Implications of the Opiod Crisis on Healthcare Administration
Last modified: 12th May 2020
Introduction: Abstract Over the past decade, the opioid crisis in the United States has reached a fever pitch. The sharp increase in opioid pain reliever prescriptions has correlated with a significant increase in ...

Title: Study On Unprofessional Conduct By A Nurse
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Introduction: A Nurse Board received a complaint concerning allegations that registered nurse, whilst working in the emergency department of hospital, practiced outside the scope by knowingly providing prescription...

Title: Examining the assessment skills of Nurses capable of prescribing drugs
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Introduction: Over the recent years, there was an escalating emphasis on the need for nurses to develop assessment consultation and history taking skills for prescribing patients with drugs as well as to gain knowl...

Title: Direct to Consumer Advertising of Prescription drugs
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Introduction: Abstract – In Pharmaceutical industry, promotional advertisements are mostly targeted towards physicians but in recent years trend has shifted towards consumer advertisement. In many cases of &#...

Title: Concepts Of Medicine Adherence And Its Economic Burden Nursing Essay
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Introduction: Even though 45% of all medications prescribed in the UK are for older people, it is postulated that up to 50% of older people are non-compliant with their medication (SCIE, 2005). The prescription of ...

Title: Nurse Provides Prescription Medicine Without Authority
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Introduction: A Nurse Board received a complaint concerning allegations that registered nurse, whilst working in the emergency department of hospital, practiced outside the scope by knowingly providing prescription...

Title: Study On The Concept Of Non Medical Prescribing
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Introduction: I have studied my bachelors in India where almost all the times only doctors are involved in prescribing medicines. The concept of non-medical prescribing where other health professionals are actively...

Title: Study On Medication Errors, Causes And Prevention
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Introduction: Medication errors are defined as any mistake or false judgment in prescription, dispensing or administering medication, thus it may be a doctor’s, a pharmacist’s or a nurse’s mistake...

Title: Nurse Prescribing in the Community
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Introduction: Introduction This essay analyses a recent (i.e., not older than 5 years) development in community nursing practice for adults. The essay picks one area of the community nurses’ role and explores th...

Title: Quality Improvement Project for Patient Prescription Record
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Introduction: The aim of this quality improvement project is to ensure that nurses record in the designated box on patients Prescription and administration record (to be referred to as: Kardex) if High Dose Antips...

Title: Issues of Nurse Prescribing in the UK
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Introduction: Introduction The changing face of the NHS is a topic of controversy and debate from the perspectives of professionals and policy makers. The last three decades have seen a transformation in nursing i...

Title: Issue of the Over-Prescription of Antibiotics
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Introduction: TITLE: “Over-prescription of antibiotics now threatens the future health of millions”. Analyse and discuss this statement with reference to specific examples, using a range of academic sourc...

Title: Prescription Drug Abuse Amongst Teenagers Health And Social Care Essay
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Introduction: INTRODUCTION This project is designed to illustrate the effects of prescription and over the counter drug abuse. It will not only show a comparison between the effects of illicit drugs and prescripti...

Title: Misuse Of Opiates Health And Social Care Essay
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Introduction: The misuse and abuse of illicit and prescription opiates is a growing problem in the United States. Even though Americans make up less than 5 percent of the world’s population, we consume close...

Title: Prescription Drug Abuse
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Introduction: Introduction. When we think of drug addicts and abuse we normally think of people who take the common street drugs such as cocaine, crack, heroine, or other illegal drugs. However most people don...

Title: Prescription Drug Abuse and Addiction
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Introduction: Introduction: The studies that have been conducted to understand the concepts of drug abuse have had very misconception in narrowing down the concept of addiction. The main perceptions of the studies...

Title: Empowering Users of Health & Social Care Services
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Introduction: Table of Contents Introduction Case Study 1 Case Study 2 Question 1 Analyzing the presenting factors affecting decisions to self-medicate The risks most likely to occur Measures to minimize the risk ...

Title: Psychotropics in Paediatrics or Adolescents
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Introduction: Introduction Psychotropic drugs are medications and chemical formulations that cross the blood brain barrier to act on the central nervous system to stimulate the change of mood and behaviour of an i...

Title: Patient-Focused Pharmacy Arguments
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Introduction: Catalysts For Change: Will Pharmacy in the United States Embrace Them? David A. Latif, M.B.A., Ph.D.   OBJECTIVES: To briefly discuss previous paradigm change calls for pharmacy practice to move t...

Title: An Investigation into GP's Promotion, Prescription and Referral of Physical Activity for Obesity
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Introduction: Title: Ethics Supplementary Information Table of Contents Section A: Detailed study rationale………………………………………………..3 Section B: study...

Title: Antipsychotic Prescription Rates & Implications for Children and Adolescent Populations
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Introduction: As the United States enters one of the worst drug crises in its history, children and adolescents are being prescribed mediation at younger and younger ages and at faster and faster rates (Vitiel...

Title: Annotated Bibliography on the Opiod Crisis
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Introduction: Elzey, Mark J, et al.  “Patient Characteristics and Outcomes in Unintentional, Non-Fatal Prescription Opioid Overdoses: A Systematic Review.” Pain Physician, vol. 19, no.4 2016, www...

Title: Addiction to Prescription Drugs in the UK: A Public Health Disaster
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Introduction: Prescription drug abuse is a growing problem all across the UK, dependency on prescription drugs can be just as harmful as addiction to street drugs, such as cannabis. The most common prescriptio...