Browsing by Subjects (CINAHL) "Medication Errors--Prevention and Control"
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Automated medication dispensing cabinet and medication errors
The number of deaths due to medical errors in hospitals ranges from 44,000 to 98,000 yearly. More than 7,000 of these deaths have taken place due to medication errors. This project evaluated the implementation of an automated ... -
The effect of nurses' use of a focused protocol to decrease distractions during medication administration
Medication administration errors (MAE) are often the result of system problems that lead to patient injury, increased hospital costs and nurses being blamed for the incident. Contributing factors include distractions, lack ... -
An exploration of registered nurse preparation for safe medication management
(2017-08-08)This descriptive study examined the perceptions of new graduate registered nurses (RNs) about medication error identification, causes, and reporting; as well as the nursing education and workplace orientation experiences ... -
Impact of the Bar Code Medication Administration (BCMA) System on medication administration errors
Medication errors are the second most frequent cause of injury among all types of medical errors (Leape, et al., 1991). Of concern to nursing practice, medication administration errors (MAE) are second only to ordering ... -
Improving communication in the clinical environment through bedside shift report (BSR): A quality improvement project
(2016-10-20)Effective communication is required during the handoff process to ensure essential patient information is relayed for continuity and quality of care. The author conducted a quality improvement initiative at a 380 bed acute ... -
Interventions To reduce medication errors
(2017-09-22)Medication errors are the most commonly identified errors occurring in every healthcare setting costing billions of dollars per year. They have the potential to cause death to a patient or increase hospital length of stay. ... -
Use of simulation within nursing education to assist students to meet standardized test plan components
(2017-05-18)Medication errors within the United States healthcare system have been identified as a persistent issue contributing to extended hospital stays, increased healthcare costs, poorer patient outcomes including death, and lack ...