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    Critical appraisal guidelines: Quantitative study Medication errors has always been a major problem in healthcare. Drugs errors continue to claim many innocent lives. The purpose of the research was to identified the causes of medication errors during cardiopulmonary arrest. According by the article by Flannery & Parli (2016)‚ medication errors in the intensive care unit (ICU) range from 8.1 to 2344 per 1000 patient-days. Unfortunately‚ drug errors that occurred during Cardiac resuscitation are less

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    Preliminary Literature Review Description of Problem Medication errors are common in hospitals. The area with larger patient demand and patient with more complex cases are at higher risk for medication errors. The classification of medication errors is by prescription‚ omission‚ time‚ dose‚ inappropriate drugs‚ and disposal. Medication errors also cause emotional and financial losses to the hospitals‚ patients‚ teams‚ families‚ and societies. As the result

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    Causes 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

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    Medication Errors: A Literature Review your name here Pharmacology 2 teachers name here September 17 2008 The American Society of Hospital Pharmacists define a medication error as “episodes of drug misadventure that should be preventable through effective systems controls involving pharmacists‚ physicians and other prescribers‚ nurses‚ risk management personnel‚ legal counsel‚ administrators‚ patients and others in the organizational setting‚ as well as regulatory agencies and the

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    Diagnostic Errors and Root Cause Analysis September 25‚ 2013 Table of Contents Introduction……………………………………………………………………3 Background…………………………………………………………………….3 Errors Identification…………………………………………………………....3 Cognitive Skills…………………………………………….4 Quality Measures......................................................................................................5 Patient-Centered Care……………………………………...6 Teamwork and Collaboration………………………………6 Evidence-Based Practice…………………………………

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    STUDY OVERVIEW OF NURSES RESPONSIBILITY IN MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION Providing care for the patient is the responsibility of nurses. Nurses are the one who are close with patients. They are responsible and accountable to make sure that the treatments and needs of patient are fulfilled. Medication administration is a part of the nurses’ responsibility in order to make sure clients get the correct medication as supposed. Medication administration error is a universal health care concern.Thus

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    Berman‚ A. (2004). Reducing medication errors through naming‚ labeling‚ and packaging. Journal of Medical Systems‚ 28(1)‚ 9-29. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/B:JOMS.0000021518.60670.10 This article talks about the different names of drugs that are similar and may cause medication errors in the healthcare field. Also‚ the article talks about many different ways to label and manufacture the medications so errors will be less. There are many different ways the pills look and are

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    Medication Errors By: Rebecca Abell When doing the job of nursing one of the most important aspects is patient safety. The biggest danger to patients is medication. A medication error is when the nurse gives a patient the wrong medication or the dose of medication could be wrong. The danger of the medication error is that it can lead to an over dose‚ a reaction‚ or even death to a patient. There are several things to know when dealing with medication errors like who should fill it out‚ who should

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    Medication Errors Paper Dorothy Pasowisty Pharmacology 2 Angela Falconer Practical Nursing Program June 30th‚ 2010 Table of Contents Introduction......................................................................................................................................3 Summaries of Journal Articles.........................................................................................................3 The Definition of a Medication Error....................................

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    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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