Exercise 14.

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Patient Medication Form for the

Wellmeadows Hospital
Patient Medication Form for the Wellmeadows Hospital

• (a) Identify the functional dependencies

represented by the data shown in the form
– patientNo  fullName
– wardNo  wardName
– wardName  wardNo
– patientNo  wardName
– patientNo  wardNo
– patientNo bedNo
– drugNo  name, description, dosage, methodOfAdmin
– patientNo, drugNo, startDate  unitsPerDay, finishDate,
fullName, wardName, wardNo, bedNo
Patient Medication Form for the Wellmeadows Hospital

• (b) Describe and illustrate the process of

normalizing the data shown in Figure 14.19
to First (1NF), Second (2NF), and Third (3NF).
 1NF(Approach 1)
• Patient (patientNo, drugNo, startDate,
fullName, wardNo, wardName, bedNo, name,
description, dosage, methodOfAdmin,
unitsPerDay, finishDate)
 2NF
– PatientNo  fullName, wardNo, wardName, bedNo (Partial
dependency)
– drugNo  name, description, dosage, methodOfAdmin (Partial
dependency)

• Patient (patientNo, drugNo, startDate, unitsPerDay, finish Date)

• Drug (drugNo, name, description, dosage, methodOfAdmin)

• PatientName (patientNo, fullName, wardNo, wardName, bedNo)

 3NF
– PatientNo wardNo
– wardNo  wardName
• Transitive dependancy
• Patient (patientNo, drugNo, startDate, unitsPerDay, finish Date)

• Drug (drugNo, name, description, dosage, methodOfAdmin)

• PatientName( patientNo, fullName, wardNo, bedNo)

• Ward (wardNo, wardName)

 Exercise 14.16

Agency supply part-time staff to hotels

 Agency supply part-time staff to hotels

• An agency called Instant Cover supplies part-

time/temporary staff to hotels within Scotland.
The table shown in Figure 14.20 lists the time
spent by agency staff working at various hotels.
The National Insurance Number (NIN) is unique
for every member of staff.
• (b) Describe and illustrate the process of
normalizing the data shown in Figure 14.19 to
First (1NF), Second (2NF), and Third (3NF).
1NF
 2NF

Patrial dependency

Patrial dependency
 2NF

______________ ______

______
 2NF

______________ ______

______
Transitive dependency
3NF