medication administration by unlicensed staff

Medication administration by unlicensed staff (NAME

Due to the increasing number of healthcare institution but insufficient number of medical staffs like registered nurses , non registered nurse s are now being hired by different healthcare institution to meet the need of their patients in providing medical services ADDIN EN .CITE Zimmermann3Polly Gerber ZimmermannThe use of unlicensed assistive personnel : An update and skeptical look at a role that may present more problems than solutions2642000November 16 2007http /www .jenon line .org /article /PIIS81252 /abstract (Zimmermann , 2000

We all now that almost

profession today must first take their board exam to determine whether a person given a specific profession is ready to perform his task depending on his chosen career . An aspiring civil engineers must take and pass the engineering board exams before they will design and construct buildings and other infrastructures . A graduate of law must pass first his bar examination before going to a court and defend his client . A doctor aspirant must first pass the doctoral examination before e or she can be call a doctor

Almost all profession needs examination because it tells whether that person is capable of doing its profession . Professional Board exam serves as an ethical and professional standard and it does standardize the procedure on qualifying all aspiring graduate students on their profession

Like what is discussed in the above paragraph , board exam is very important because many companies and industries are looking for passed board and bar examinees before they will hire them . But like what is stated in the first paragraph , unregistered nurse are now being introduced in a healthcare institution to fill up the limited number of registered burse

In this , the advantages as well the disadvantages of employing and using unregistered nurses in administration of medication in a healthcare institution will be examined and discussed . The discussion will start on the advantages of using unregistered nurses on the said position

One of the most important reasons why many medical institution are now accepting unregistered nurses is because on the shortage of registered nurses to meet the increasing medical services . It is very evident that there is an increasing in population in the country and this means an increase also on people who wants to have medical services

One of the advantages of using unregistered nurses in a medication administration is that , these unregistered nurses can be allocated in different tasks like clerical and technical tasks . These nonprofessional tasks are part of the work of a registered nurse . Thus , if these nonprofessional tasks will be given the responsibility to other people who are the unregistered nurses , then the registered nurses and medical technicians will have the chance to focus their medical task which leads to less medical errors ADDIN EN .CITE BurrussRoyce A Burruss Neil D . Ashworth Veronica L ArikianMedication administration by non-RN personnel : A safe and cost-effective response to the RN shortage .1993The Health Care Supervisor (Burruss Ashworth Arikian , 1993

A study was conducted to determine if there is a statistical...