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Jul 25, 2009 · The basic premise of the developmental stage hypothesis is that involvement in various classes of drugs is not opportunistic but follows definite pathways; an individual who participates in one drug behavior is at risk of progressing to another.
- Denise B. Kandel
- 2002
Jan 18, 2017 · The gateway drug hypothesis refers to the pattern of substance use during adolescence whereby legal substances, such as nicotine and alcohol, precede the progressive use of illicit substances...
- Michael L Miller, Yasmin L Hurd
- 2017
Apr 2, 2020 · This professional guidance has been co-produced by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) and Royal College of Nursing (RCN) and provides principles-based guidance to ensure the safe administration of medicines by healthcare professionals.
Ways medication safety may be improved in long-term care. Regarding the first step, electronic health records should be used routinely in nursing homes and for the elderly more broadly. These make it easy to track what medications a patient is taking and what medications have previously caused problems.
NECS good practice guidance and tools for care homes. The NECS Vulnerable Adults Workstream Group has produced a suite of guidance documents and tools for use across all stakeholder CCGs, based national standards, legislation and guidance. Click on the links below to access these documents.
Jan 1, 2016 · Gateway Patterns of Illicit Drug Use. Epidemiological research on adolescent drug use in the USA and elsewhere has consistently shown three types of relationships between the use of cannabis and other illicit drugs, such as heroin and cocaine (see Hall and Lynskey 2005; Kandel 2002).
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With inadequate nursing education about patient safety and quality, excessive workloads, staffing inadequacies, fatigue, illegible provider handwriting, flawed dispensing systems, and problems with the labeling of drugs, nurses are continually challenged to ensure that their patients receive the right medication at the right time.
