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In memoriam: Alan Hovhaness
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Alan Hovhaness, an American composer of Scottish-Armenian descent, wrote music throughout his long life, and reached a grand total of 434 opuses. Doubtless many of his pieces are music for use in the very best sense of that phrase; but with a handful of scores he achieved a cult status that eluded all but a few other twentieth-century composers, many no less gifted with generous powers of self expression than himself.
The pieces in question are his Second Symphony, op 132, Mysterious mountain (1955), and his op.229, And God created great whales (1970), `for orchestra with actual songs of ...
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Abbreviations and acronyms in healthcare: when shorter isn't sweeter.(Continuing Cursing Education Series)
Magazine article from: Pediatric Nursing
; ...continues. Abbreviations and Acronyms The term abbreviation is derived...Scribal Abbreviations, 2006...used the abbreviation in classification...the use of abbreviation and acronyms...the case of abbreviations, they have...
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Abbreviations and acronyms in healthcare: when shorter isn't sweeter.
Newspaper article from: Nevada RNformation
; ...practice may misinterpret abbreviations commonly used in one medical...specialty. "Look-alike" abbreviations have caused serious errors...issued a "do not use" abbreviation list and mandated institutions...develop a standardized list of abbreviations, acronyms, and symbols...
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Abbreviations pose threat to patient safety.(PATIENT SAFETY NEWS)
Magazine article from: Dermatology Nursing
; ...events and that abbreviation use hinders...error-prone abbreviations as preventable...cases in which abbreviations were identified...the exact abbreviation was unidentified...the case of abbreviations, which abbreviation), the contributing...
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Avoiding abbreviations can improve patient safety.(Editorial)
Magazine article from: AORN Journal
; ...most common abbreviation resulting in...other common abbreviations resulting in...resulting from abbreviations, the exact abbreviation involved was...the specific abbreviation in errors involving abbreviations; * contributing...
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Abbreviation troubles.(Online Law)
Magazine article from: LawNow
; ...Carswell, Current) Abbreviations that appear in...that fit that abbreviation. When square...have lists for abbreviation decoding. Good...Index to Legal Abbreviations" is an excellent...part or all of an abbreviation. It is available...one website for abbreviations, this would be...
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Using appropriate abbreviations in perioperative documentation.(CLINICAL ISSUES)
Magazine article from: AORN Journal
; ...inclusive but does target abbreviations that may be misinterpreted...zero instead of an abbreviation for the word "unit...most commonly used abbreviations, MS[O.sub.4...were caused by the abbreviation "qd" for "once...do-not-use" abbreviations is available on the...
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Sharpen your pencils; abbreviations are disappearing.
Newspaper article from: Hospice Management Advisor
; ...ng Sharpen your pencils; abbreviations are disappearing Old habits...any other commonly used abbreviations that might be misinterpreted...audits to identify any other abbreviations that should be included...reviewing a chart, noticing an abbreviation that should not be used...
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Best practices for abbreviation use.(Patient Safety First)
Magazine article from: AORN Journal
; ...not be used are abbreviations that can be ambiguous...errors. The first abbreviation on the do-not...confusion, the abbreviation should be written...The third set of abbreviations on the JCAHO do...inconsistently used abbreviations are used to indicate...subcutaneous." The ...
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Preventing errors by eliminating mistake-prone abbreviations.(From the Editor)(Editorial)
Magazine article from: Nephrology Nursing Journal
; ...as the list of additional abbreviations, acronyms, and symbols...recent study, The Impact of Abbreviations in Patient Safety, examined...and impact of medication abbreviation errors (Brunetti, Santell...medication errors attributable to abbreviations. The most frequent error...
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Are nurses still using aedo-not-useAE abbreviations?
Magazine article from: ED Nursing
; ...remind nurses of specific abbreviations currently being watched...always double-checking the abbreviations as they know what is approved...secretaries find any unapproved abbreviation, they immediately notify...Although unauthorized abbreviations are rarely found, charts...
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