In this paper‚ I am going to be comparing two different articles about medication errors by nurses. Medication errors happen way too often and I hope that by writing this paper‚ I can help reduce my chance or someone else’s chance of making a medication error. The first medication error article that I read was about a male patient in Florida. The patient was complaining of an upset stomach so the physician prescribed an antacid. Instead of giving the patient an antacid‚ that nurse gave the patient
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responsibility. When a medication error occurs‚ ethical issues such as a loss of human dignity‚ fidelity and beneficence also occur‚ which leads to patient dissatisfaction and mistrust. Social issues often interplay with any sort of medical error as well. Medication errors often result in damaged social relations such as the nurse-patient relationship and the healthcare system’s image. When nurses make a medication error they are obligated to report their mistake to the charge nurse‚ the patient
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Adverse Trends and Data Management Medication Errors Kim Orta University of Phoenix Health Care Informatics HCS 482 Mary Trevino October 24‚ 2013 Data Collection Tools EMR (Electronic Medical Record) EHR (Electronic Health Record) CPOE Computerized Provider Order Entry) UOR (Unusual Occurrence Report) Electronic Health Records (EHRs) Provide complete‚ reliable access to health information Improves safety and outcomes Reduces and prevents medication errors “EHRs don’t just contain and transmit
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Medication errors are all too common‚ jeopardizing the safety of patients; it may be a misinterpretation of a prescription‚ not having a complete history of a patient and dispensing drugs that could interact with other drugs adversely‚ or a patient administering the medication incorrectly‚ which are all preventable. There are numerous ways of preventing medication errors; therefore‚ the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) has recognized ten important factors that lead to errors. Anderson
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A failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA) is an inductive failure analysis used in product development‚ systems engineering‚ reliability engineering and operations management for analysis of failure modes within a system. It helps a team to identify potential failure modes based on past experience with similar products or processes or based on common failure mechanism logic‚ enabling the team to design those failures out of the system with the minimum of effort and resource expenditure‚ thereby
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Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) Introduction Failure Mode Effect Analysis is an analytical technique that goes in for combining Technology and Experience of people to identify foreseen failures in a product or process and planning to eliminate the Failure. Definition FMEA is a group of activities to understand and evaluate potential failure of product or process and its effects‚ and identify actions that eliminate or reduce the potential failures. Failure
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Alt Fuel Group‚ SrDesign‚ 1 Alternative Fuel Group Overview • Decision • Functional Design • FMEA • Calculations • Manufacture Alt Fuel Group‚ SrDesign‚ 2 Alternative Fuel Group Pitman Arm Vs Rack and Pinion Steering System Pitman Arm •Higher turning ratio Rack and Pinion •Requires 3-4 complete revolutions from lock to lock •Possible Slippage •System of Gears •Less Sensitive to Errors in assembly •Less complex parts •Ease of machining •Need to be ordered or specially designed
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What is an FMEA? A failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) is a systematic method of identifying and preventing product‚ service‚ or process failures before they occur. FMEAs focus on prevention (i.e.‚ “fix it before it breaks”). The objective of an FMEA is to look at all of the ways a product or process can fail‚ analyze risks‚ and take action where warranted. Typical applications include preventing defects‚ improving processes‚ identifying potential safety issues‚ and increasing customer satisfaction
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of medication errors and methods to reduce errors Nurses have an ethical and legal responsibility to assess a patient’s need for a drug‚ administer it safely and correctly and evaluate the response to it. They should always make patient safety a priority because patients rely on the nurse’s skills‚ knowledge and professionalism. Nurses have a critical role in administering medications to the patients by following the six rights of drug administration. These six rights are: Right medication‚ Right
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Medication is very important part of treatment‚ recovery and management of variety diseases. It has a long journey and many stages while it reaches the patient and at any of these stages an error can occur. This assignment explores types of medication errors‚ statistics‚ factors contributing to medication errors‚ failures to report and prevention. National Patients Safety Agency medication error defines as ‘The process of prescribing‚ dispensing‚ preparing‚ administering‚ monitoring or providing
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