MEDICATION SAFETY EDUCATION PROGRAM 1Practice Question: Medication Safety Education Program to Reduce the Risk of Harm Caused by Medication ErrorsThe PICO project seeks to implement a medication safety education program to help reduce instances of me Continue Reading...
One proven solution to decrease medication errors is use of medication software such as CPOE. It has significantly reduced errors in prescribing, transcription, and dispensing of medications (Hidle). It also has the potential to decrease errors in Continue Reading...
Errors are unavoidable in our everyday routines. Numerous mistakes are part of the changing cycle of psychological-behavioral adjustments that lead to appropriate behavioral abilities. The following of medical directions is an essential element of th Continue Reading...
Identifying Opportunities to Reduce Medication Error Rates by Nursing Staff Today, one of the most challenging problems facing nurses practicing in any setting, but most especially tertiary healthcare facilities, is the adverse drug reactions caused Continue Reading...
GAPS IN PRACTICEDiscussion: Discuss Gaps in PracticeOne of the most significant practice concerns in clinical settings happens to be medication errors. From the onset, it would be prudent to note that medication errors are described by the U.S. Food Continue Reading...
" The right route Likewise, this clinician advises, "The administrator must give the medication via the right route. In preparing the medication, the triple check will identify the route to be given on the medication order." The right time Penult Continue Reading...
DNP PROJECT Final Project PlanThe proposed project seeks to address the high incidence of medication errors at the clinical site by implementing a mandatory medication safety education for clinical staff. The incidence of medication errors at the fac Continue Reading...
QUALITY IMPROVEMENTEvidence-Based Practice for Reducing Medication ErrorsThe National Coordinating Council for Medication Error Reporting and Prevention defines a medication error as a preventable event that may lead to patient harm or inappropriate Continue Reading...
Quality and Sustainability Paper Part Two - Identifying Opportunities to Reduce Medication Error Rates by Nursing Staff As reported previously, medication errors can occur in virtually any treatment setting, including patients’ homes, but the p Continue Reading...
CHANGE CHAMPIONS AND OPINION LEADERS Change Champions and Opinion LeadersChange champions are knowledgeable individuals who influence change decisions in the direction the change agency deems desirable (Rogers, 2003). Conversely, opinion leaders are 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...
DRACH-ZAHAVY A. & PUD D. (2010) Learning mechanisms to limit medication administration errors. Journal of Advanced Nursing 66(4), 794 -- 805. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2010.05294.x In this paper, the learning mechanism used in the limiting of me Continue Reading...
Medication Reconciliation Evidence-Based Practice and the Procedural Education of Nurses Medication reconciliation is a critical issue in healthcare reform. Today, improvement in this area of treatment could have a transformative effect on the curr 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...
Safety and Technology One of the easiest ways to ensure that the work environment is productive and profitable is through safety. Safety measures improve performance, job satisfaction, and trust between management and employees. Reduction of acciden Continue Reading...
Workplace Demands Influences Patient Safety PICOT Question PICOT Question: How can the implementation of accurate safety standards reduce errors that hamper patients' safety in healthcare facilities in the short and long run? P -- Patients in hea 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...
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...
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...
They added newer constructs to a PSC model developed earlier by Gershon and his colleagues (2000), which unveiled the relationship of safety and security aspects and linked it with work performance. They found that when hospital staff used the Gersh Continue Reading...
O'Meara stresses that a system known as a Decision Support System of DSS can be integrated into existing it to identify potential errors that could be made on any given case and provide the staff with flags to help them avoid such errors. (December Continue Reading...
Introduction Although senior management and public policy are also integral to the creation and maintenance of a culture of safety in healthcare organizations, nursing leadership is the most critical component in promoting desired patient outcomes. T Continue Reading...
Electronic Medical Records (E-SIHI) in King Khalid University Hospital on Patient Safety The objective of this study is to demonstrate the impact of e-SIHI (Electronic Medical Records) on patients with regards to their security and safety. The King 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...
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...
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 Role of Communication in Enhancing Patient Safety: This topic explores the critical importance of clear and effective communication among healthcare professionals and between healthcare providers a Continue Reading...
EMS in Trauma SystemsOutlineI. Introduction (300 words)A. Importance of EMS in trauma systems1. Rapid response to emergencies2. Critical role in patient outcomesB. Components of a trauma system1. Prehospital care2. Hospital careII. Review of Literatu 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...
Program Evaluation to Health Care Managers Program evaluation is an important part of the health program planning, implementation, review, and change process. Patton (1997) defines program evaluation as "the systematic collection of information abo Continue Reading...
Nursing Role in Patient Safety The nursing workforce is the biggest workforce in the health care industry. The nursing staff in hospitals is primarily tasked with patient surveillance in both ambulatory settings and care facilities (seldom termed as 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...
Gonzalez (2007), discusses the company WellPoint Inc. that provides its members with the capability to develop their own personal health records, an option to receive test results online, provide a limited set of records to their providers and to al Continue Reading...
Whatever the needed equipment is the company should provide the best possible so that the employees have a reduced chance of accident. In addition, when a company provides the best possible equipment to the employees it sends them a strong message Continue Reading...
Blueprint for Evaluating Patient Safety Competency in Nursing Students Ever since the report To Err is Human was published in 2000 by Kohn and colleagues, healthcare stakeholders in Western countries have intensified reform efforts designed to incr 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...
Assessment 3: Professional Accountability and Patient Safety Defining the Issue: Violence from Patients towards Nurses: In this discussion, I concern myself with ‘violence from patients towards nurses.’ It is important to note, from the 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...
