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Nurse s Care Of Elderly Dementia Patient

Health Investigation – Prescription error for woman with respiratory complaint

Source: Health and Disability Commissioner Health and Disability Commissioner Morag McDowell today released a report finding a general practitioner (GP) in breach of the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for failures in the care of a woman who presented with a respiratory complaint. The woman, aged in her sixties at the time of events, had a history of asthma. She saw her GP after becoming unwell with symptoms of a tight chest, sore throat, and upset stomach. The GP prescribed the woman with prednisone, a steroid medication, at a dosage of 80mg a day for a week, to be reduced to 40mg a day for another week. However, the woman remained unwell, and the GP extended the length of time she was to take the medication. Following this consultation, the woman began taking 100mg of prednisone a day, believing this to be the GP’s instruction. However, the GP stated that this was not his instruction. The GP saw the woman again after having been t

DHB s Care Of Woman And Her Baby

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