introduction More people die each year in United States from medication errors‚ than from highway accident‚ breast cancer or AIDS. It is described best as an “unintended act or as an act that does not achieve its intended outcome.” (Wideman‚ 2010). Medication errors are among the biggest issues devoted in health care setting today in America. There are five “rights” to remember when administering medications: Right patient‚ Right medication‚ Right route‚ Right dose‚ and Right time. Documentation
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(O2)519-5713/ (02)697-0367/09298824071 danilynvocal@yahoo.com CAREER OBJECTIVES: ➢ To impart the knowledge and skills I obtained from my hospital experience. ➢ To utilize the skills obtained in my MA degree. ➢ To widen my professional field of experience. EDUCATION HISTORY: ➢ 2010-recently enrolled Master of Arts in Nursing (Clinical Supervision) University of San Carlos‚ Cebu City ➢ 2004 to 2006= Master of Arts in Nursing (Nursing Administration)
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Program Proposal: A seminar and workshop entitled “The danger of Medication error due to understaffed nurses.” BACKGROUND OF THE PROBLEM The nursing profession has traditionally accepted responsibility to assure that safe and accessible health care is available to the public at all times‚ including times when nurses are in short supply. The profession continues to accept such responsibility and also recognizes the need to identify strategies to promote the availability
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Process This was an interesting study to read and examine. Medication errors are a significant problem‚ but not a problem that cannot be solved. There are precautions that can be taken to minimize the errors. The three specific areas the study focused on were prescription‚ transcription‚ and administration phase. Many errors occurred during all three phases‚ however‚ not all of the errors made it to the patients. Most of the errors that reached patients did not cause harm. Ethical considerations
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Nurses are the health care professionals that collect and prepare medications for patients. They examine the doctor’s orders to see what medications patients are prescribed. Errors can occur in the distribution of these medications. As a result‚ the nursing ethic of do no harm may not occur. According to McIntyre‚ Thomlinson‚ & McDonald‚ “nurses are held in high regard” (2006‚ p.360). As such‚ nurses must keep this positive concept‚ as we are the health professionals that care for people when they
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Errors are an innate part of human life. Execution Safe execution of medical orders is plays a significant part role of in patient care. It is also the main component of nursing performance and has a distinguished role in patient safety. Medication errors are a healthcare professional’s worst nightmare and has become one of the biggest issues devoted encountered in today’s healthcare setting. According to the National Coordinating Council for Medication Error Reporting and Prevention (2016)‚ “a medication
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CIN: Computers‚ Informatics‚ Nursing & Vol. 32‚ No. 12‚ 589–595 & Copyright B 2014 Wolters Kluwer Health | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins F E A T U R E A R T I C L E Impact of an Electronic Medication Administration Record on Medication Administration Efficiency and Errors JEFFERY MCCOMAS‚ MSN‚ RN‚ CNS MICHELLE RIINGEN‚ DNP‚ RN‚ CNS-BC SON CHAE KIM‚ PhD‚ RN Congress authorized an initiative in 2004 to create a national health information technology infrastructure to improve patient outcomes through
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Medication errors According to The National Coordinating Council for Medication Error Reporting and Prevention (2015)‚ medication error is any preventable event that may cause or lead to inappropriate medication use or patient harm while the medication is in the control of the health care professional‚ patient‚ or consumer. Medication can be harmless but with mistakes in prescribing‚ dispensing and administering medications‚ it can cause injury to all population groups while impacting our public
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head: Preventing Medication Errors Preventing Medication Errors: Safe Medication Use is Achievable and Affordable Chareese W. Brown DePaul University HTHC 523-201: Winter 2012 January 17‚ 2012 Almost everyone will take prescription and non-prescription medication. It is estimated that 82% of United States (U.S.) adults will use prescription medicines‚ over-the-counter remedies‚ and/or dietary/herbal supplements. Nearly one-third will use five or more different medications (citation). Most
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"A medication error is any preventable event that may cause or lead to inappropriate medication use or patient harm while the medication is in the control of the health care professional‚ patient‚ or consumer” (NCCMERP‚ 2016). According to the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (2010)‚ medication errors are among the most common medical errors‚ harming at least 1.5 million people every year. Someone who has experience working with medications and the errors of them would be Laurie Dworkin. Laurie
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