Medication Errors One of the major challenges impact healthcare providers is medical errors. These issues are challenging, as they will have an adverse impact on quality and safety. In the case of the ICU, these challenges are becoming more pronounc Continue Reading...
Medication Administration Entails Six Rights, Namely: Right individual Right medicine Right dosage Right route Right time, and Right documentation (Six Rights of Medication Administration, n.d; Perry, Potter & Ostendorf, 2015). Right Indivi Continue Reading...
PROJECT MANAGEMENT PLAN Project Management PlanThe PICO project seeks to reduce the incidence of medication errors in the practice setting by introducing mandatory medication safety education for all clinical staff. The project serves as a means to r Continue Reading...
Medication changes with technology: A description and detailed review of five clinical electronic systems that correlate with the process of medication administration technology. Computerized physician / prescribed order entry (CPOE) In 2000, follo Continue Reading...
Factors Influencing the Effectiveness of Problem-Solving Courts in Addressing Mental Health Issues within the Criminal Justice SystemThe National Alliance on Mental Health (NAMI) has raised concern about the state of mental health in the United State Continue Reading...
Medication Practice Improvement Episode Medication Intercept An intravenous antibiotic Benzylpenicillin (Benpen) course was prescribed for a child to treat acute osteomyelitis. The 30mg/kg dose calculation was duly followed. The child weighed 28kg Continue Reading...
Legal Aspects of Medical Errors Various factors in the health care system are reported to be contributors to medication errors. This work reviews a case study discussed in 'Hospital Pharmacy' (Smetzer and Cohen, 1998) which provides a clear example Continue Reading...
In a study by Shah, Aslam and Avery (2001) of approximately 38,000 prescriptions by 23 doctors, there were a number of errors including: 715 or 25% no directions; 510 or 18% prescribed item not mentioned (usually on repeat prescription); 321 or 11%, Continue Reading...
Quality and Safety Gap AnalysisIntroductionThe provision of safe, high-quality patient care is critical in healthcare organizations. However, systemic problems in healthcare systems have contributed to adverse quality and safety outcomes. The purpose Continue Reading...
According to the BWH study, in some cases an increase of potential adverse drug events was possible, especially when every dose of medications was not scanned. For barcode scanning technology to work as designed, every medication dose would have to Continue Reading...
Medical Errors: Faulty Health Care System [N a m e] Medical or health professionals are considered to be the most respected and most valued persons. These professionals are source of hope for people suffering from different diseases. This puts add Continue Reading...
Monitoring Home Medication AdministrationIntroductionMonitoring home medication administration for the elderly is essential because this population is at higher risk for medication-related problems due to several factors, including age-related change Continue Reading...
Nurses Medication EXPERIENCE OF NURSES WITH MEDICATIONS The Lived Experiences of Nurses with Medication Nurses are tasked with the proper distribution of medications. Unfortunately, they sometimes are unable to perform that task properly due to va Continue Reading...
Medical Safety Poor medical safety practices result in over 40,000 deaths per year, of that 7,000 deaths are attributed to medication-related medical errors. There is no excuse for negligence when it comes to human lives. It is imperative that the m Continue Reading...
Patient Safety Through Medication Reconciliation The adoption of the Affordable Healthcare Act has assisted an increasing number of Americans to have access to health insurance. Despite the benefits associated with the new law, the quality of health Continue Reading...
Nurses' Practice Environments, Error Interception Practices and Inpatient Medication Errors (2012) Null hypothesis: There is no significant relationship between nurses' error interception practices and their practice environment. Alternative hypoth Continue Reading...
Technology-Associated Medical Errors Medical Technology and Patient Safety Advances in medical technology can be a double-edged sword, according to the numerous research findings discussed by Powell-Cope and colleagues (2008). On the one hand impro Continue Reading...
Role of Nursing Staff in Eliminating Medical Errors The article focuses on the role that nurses play in eliminating errors in various medical situations. The research focused on the relationship between the number of nurses and the prevalence of med Continue Reading...
Reflection on Medical ErrorTo err is human, and the doctors are human themselves, proving that medical errors are inevitable. The Institute of Medicine released a publication that stated that 98,000 deaths were accounted for the medical errors each y Continue Reading...
Drug administration is the manner in which all kinds of medicine are given to patients. Drug administration is a vital clinical procedure because the manner in which medicine is administered to a patient highly determines whether the patient gets bet Continue Reading...
Essay Topic Examples 1. The Impact of Medication Errors on Patient Safety: This essay would explore the consequences of medication errors on patient health and safety. It would include a discussion on types of medication error Continue Reading...
Essay Topic Examples 1. The Human Factor in Medication Errors: Explore how human errors contribute to medication mistakes, including factors like fatigue, stress, and lack of training. 2. Technological Solutions to Prevent Continue Reading...
Patient care and recovery statistics demonstrate that the United States has a medical care system with which Americans are less satisfied than other citizens in developed countries. There are many reasons for this: correlation between health and soci Continue Reading...
Ethics and Legalities of Medication Error Disclosure As Philipsen and Soeken (2011) note, it is the nurse's duty and ethical responsibility to inform the patient of any medical error in treatment, even if the error is "insignificant." The patient s Continue Reading...
Patient safety is one of the key aspects of healthcare delivery and a critical component in determining the quality of healthcare services. Patient safety is influenced by many factors including medication safety, which is identified as one of the mo Continue Reading...
Nursing Bar code medication administration (BCMA) is one of the keys to minimizing medical errors in a manner consistent with evidence-based practice (Poon et al., 2010). However, universal embrace and utilization of BCMA remains stagnant. Reasons f Continue Reading...
Health Care Situation: Medical Error Due to Doctors' Bad Handwriting Identify a health care news situation that affects a health care organization such as a hospital, clinic or insurance company. I have identified the following health care news sit Continue Reading...
Lost medical records are process errors that can cause significant medical issues affecting patient privacy, care and safety. Furthermore, Federal laws mandate the secure creation, retention and use of medical records to ensure the highest quality of Continue Reading...
Medication Administration Tech Policy and Procedure Change Bar Code Reader System for Medication Administration Though the Utah State Hospital has an integrated electronic prescription system there is no evidence that the institution utilizes bar c Continue Reading...
Large health care systems with multiple facilities can track as many as 1,000 events each month" (Berntsen, 2004, p. 44). That is an amazing number of cases that came extremely close to becoming medical errors, and they were only stopped by caregive Continue Reading...
Reducing Medical Errors in the Modern Healthcare Setting One of the biggest challenges impacting healthcare providers are the total number of medical errors that occur on a regular basis. These areas are problematic, as they are adversely effecting Continue Reading...
Addiction of Teenagers to Prescription Drugs Addiction of teenage prescription drugs The problem of addiction of teenagers to prescription drugs has been on rise in modern days. It is estimated that daily in the United States 2,500 youth abuse pres Continue Reading...
Economics of Medical Errors Medical Error Economics The 1999 Institute of Medicine (IOM) report To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System pulled the curtain back on the dark secret of medical errors (Institute of Medicine, 2000). The best est Continue Reading...
Patient Handoffs Majority of the medical errors take place in the patient's handoffs. A shift among the doctors is a common practice. There are a number of old patients who approach around 16 different doctors in a year, while young patients who are Continue Reading...
Statistics in Healthcare The author of this report has been presented with a case study scenario that involves one Ben Davis and another man named Juan de Pacotilla. The former is a young student who has just completed a Statistical Thinking for Bus Continue Reading...
job aid that reduces human error and lack of attention to detail by providing a list of policies, procedures, or items that are needed to produce a consistent job or product. There are checklists used in transportation to ensure the vehicles are rea Continue Reading...
In so doing, the EHR alerts the physician of any potential conflicts thus requiring the physician to prescribe an alternative drug. For drugs that have been recalled due to health risks or other issues, the EHR will also alert the physician of any p Continue Reading...
Stated to be barriers in the current environment and responsible for the reporting that is inadequate in relation to medical errors are: Lack of a common understanding about errors among health care professionals Physicians generally think of erro Continue Reading...
Chang Proposal - Milestone #4 [Type text] [Type text] [Type text] NR 451- Capstone Project Milestone #4: Design for Change Proposal Christopher D'Ambrose NR 451 Capstone Course Quality of patient care is a paramount concern of healthcare profes Continue Reading...
