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Hello Class, The healthcare world around us is quickly approaching a society that is strictly dependent on technology. One of the common issues that I have noticed is the lack of power plans that would make the job much more efficient for all of the medical staff involved. There are many benefits to the use of power plans including consistency of orders, correct near misses, help meet core measures, and help with the increase in nursing burnout related to electronic medical records. There are very few downfalls to the use of increase of power plans but can be difficult to educate all of the staff members on and get them on board with the changes. I would like to discuss my experience in the emergency department and the positive impacts that would happen thanks to this implementation. The first benefit mentioned is consistency of orders. This comes into play many times and I just recently experienced an example of this. It becomes very important to need the same order...