Medication Errors - Nursing
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Supporting staff recovery and reintegration after a critical incident resulting in infant death.

30 Jul 2009 A critical incident is described as any sudden unexpected event that has the power to overwhelm the usual effective coping skills of an individual or a group and can cause significant psychological distress in usually healthy persons. A Just Culture ... Read more...

Evidence-based practice, clinical simulations workshop, and intravenous medications: moving toward safer practice.

29 Apr 2009 In an era of increased emphasis on medication safety practice, a gap exists in the translation of research to clinical practice for administering intravenous continuous infusion medications. An educational initiative was designed for ... Read more...

Playing it safe with bar code medication administration.

29 Apr 2009 Do you use a scanner in your medication administration process? Failure to follow the correct procedures for verification, administration, and documentation of medications is poor practice and may expose you to fraud charges. Avoid patient harm and ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Medication Errors - Nursing'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Supporting staff recovery and reintegration after a critical incident resulting in infant death. 30 Jul 2009
• Texas court overturns motion granting new trial Case on point: In Re Columbia Med. Ctr. of Las Colinas, Subsidiary, L.R-0707.1263(7/3/2009)-TX. 30 Jul 2009
• Using technology to reduce medication errors. 30 May 2009
• Evidence-based practice, clinical simulations workshop, and intravenous medications: moving toward safer practice. 29 Apr 2009
• [How to administer a medical prescription and prevent errors] 29 Apr 2009
• Playing it safe with bar code medication administration. 29 Apr 2009
• [Medical treatment errors. Prevalence, facts and approaches to prevention] 29 Apr 2009
• Medication Administration Time Study (MATS): nursing staff performance of medication administration. 29 Apr 2009
• Nursing student medication errors involving tubing and catheters: a descriptive study. 30 Mar 2009
• Tubing safety in the obstetric setting: preventing medication errors. 30 Mar 2009
• Supporting the development of calculating skills in nurses. 30 Mar 2009
• Threading needles in the dark: the effect of the physical work environment on nursing practice. 30 Mar 2009
• The assessment and development of drug calculation skills in nurse education--a critical debate. 23 Mar 2009
• Taking drug administration seriously. 27 Feb 2009
• [Medication administration errors immediately reported by the nursing personnel] 27 Feb 2009
• Smart pumps help limit infusion errors. 27 Feb 2009
• Development and testing of an observational method for detecting medication administration errors using information technology. 30 Dec 2008
• The mat study: global insight into the medication administration process. 30 Dec 2008
• Concept analysis: malpractice and modern-day nursing practice. 30 Dec 2008
• Prevent inadvertent administration of intrathecal vincristine. 30 Dec 2008

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Technical information about 'Medication Errors'

Definition: Errors in prescribing, dispensing, or administering medication with the result that the patient fails to receive the correct drug or the indicated proper drug dosage.

Descriptor UI: D008508

Alternative terms: Medication Errors; Errors, Medication; Error, Medication; Medication Error;

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects; classification; economics; history; instrumentation; methods; mortality; nursing; psychology; standards; trends; utilization; veterinary; statistics & numerical data; contraindications; ethics; legislation & jurisprudence; prevention & control;

Tree Number: E02.319.529; N02.421.450.500;

History Note: 67(66)

Technical Notes: IM; coord with specific dis /drug ther (IM) & specific drug /ther use (IM); DF: MEDICATION ERR