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    Medication Error

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    Valerie J. Gooder Ph.D.‚ RN reports that the Institute of Medicine in 1999 reported that “nearly a million patients each year are injured in hospitals in the United States due to error. Medication errors occur more often than other categories of preventable errors (19%)‚ and most medication errors occurred during medication administration (34%) where they were more likely to directly impact the patient and cause harm.” (Gooder‚ 2011). Not long after looking at these percentages was the BCMA (Barcode

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    Medication Error

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    DANILYN VOCAL MENDOZA B-4 L-25 Pitimini Village II Cuyab San Pedro‚ Laguna 4023 (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

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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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    Medication errors are preventable event that may cause or lead to inappropriate medication use or harm to a patient‚ according to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA‚ 2015). The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention states that there are over 700‚000 visits to hospital emergency as an injury result from the use of a medication (CDC‚ 2015). The CDC goes on to say that the number of adverse drug events is likely to increase due to the development of new medications‚ aging population‚ increase

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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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    Medication error is any preventable event that may cause or lead to inappropriate medication use or harm to a patient (FDA‚ 2009). Being one of the most common medical errorsmedication errors are not a subject to take without due consideration. In 2006‚ the National Academies stated “Studies indicate that 400‚000 preventable drug-related injuries occur each year in hospitals.  Another 800‚000 occur in long-term care settings‚ and roughly 530‚000 occur just among Medicare recipients in outpatient

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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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    Article on Medication Errors

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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 occur often in the nursing field. “A medication error is defined as a failure in the treatment process that leads to‚ or has the potential to lead to‚ harm to the patient.” [(Aronson‚ Medication Errors.)] Nurses make unfortunate mistakes everyday . “According to a April 7 report in Health Affairs‚ medical errors now cost our over-burdened health care system over $17.1 billion dollars a year; the cost of avoidable hospital readmissions adds another $13 to $18 billion dollars a

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    Dangers Of Medication Errors

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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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