Multiple Medication Errors In Nursing

There are several leadership or management problems that occur in the healthcare system almost every day. A specific example is when a staff nurse makes multiple medication errors in a short period of time. Medication errors are preventable events that may cause or lead to improper medication use or client harm while under the care of a healthcare professional (Vaismoradi, Griffiths, Turunen, & Jordan, 2016). According to Vaismoradi and colleagues, hospital medical errors have killed more people than HIV/AIDS, breast cancer, or motor vehicle accidents. Furthermore, medication adverse effects lead to 100,000 emergency department visits and 700,000 hospitalizations every year in the United States, approximately 5-8% of unplanned hospital admissions