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allnurses community regarding the Achieve Test Prep Litigation LatestArticlesConferences Nurses › Patient Medications › Has anyone made a medication medication errors in nursing 2014 error and *not* get fired for it? by pinkiepieRN, BSN, MSN, RN Apr 18, '13 | 82,545 Views | 90 Comments Comment 1 2 3 4 ... Next » 1 I https://www.americannursetoday.com/medication-errors-dont-let-them-happen-to-you/ screwed up tonight, plain and simple. I had meds pulled for two patients and started giving meds to one patient. I pulled the pills in their packages out of the cup and told him each med and their dosage. The second after he put the cup to his lips, an "oh ****" comes out from under my breath. I realized that what http://allnurses.com/nursing-patient-medications/has-anyone-made-828037.html I had given him was intended for the other patient and that I had made an error. I walked back to the nursing station, told another nurse, told the charge nurse, called the doc, got an order for Benadryl to prevent any undue reactions, however unlikely, filled out an occurance report, documented in the chart (without saying it was an error) and made it through the rest of my shift. Everyone was telling me that it was okay and I did the right thing, but I'm terrified. I'm thinking about calling my supervisor in the morning and admitting my screw-up before she gets the wrong idea. Is this nuts? 90 Comments Comment 1 2 3 4 ... Next » #1 0 Apr 18, '13 by Poochiewoochie I know the nurse who gave my Mom the wrong medication one day wasn't fired from the NH. #2 1 Apr 18, '13 by 4chun_cookie I've seen nurses accidentally give Oral meds into a peripheral IV, into a intracardiac Line (right into the left Atrium). neither Nurses were fired. Mistakes happen. #3 5 Apr 18, '13 by TheCommuter, B
StatisticsEventsMagazinePast IssuesBlogSubscribeFor EmployersMedia KitPost a JobRegisterFAQsPost a Job Select Page 10 Strategies for Preventing Medication Errors by Dexter Vickerie | Dec 31, 2015 | Blog | 0 comments It is important for all nurses to become familiar with various strategies to prevent http://minoritynurse.com/10-strategies-for-preventing-medication-errors/ or reduce the likelihood of medication errors. Here are ten strategies to help you do just that.1. Ensure the five rights of medication administration. Nurses must ensure that institutional policies related to medication transcription are followed. It isn’t adequate to transcribe the medication as prescribed, but to ensure the correct medication is prescribed for the correct patient, in the correct dosage, via the correct route, medication error and timed correctly (also known as the five rights).2. Follow proper medication reconciliation procedures. Institutions must have mechanisms in place for medication reconciliation when transferring a patient from one institution to the next or from one unit to the next in the same institution. Review and verify each medication for the correct patient, correct medication, correct dosage, correct route, and correct time against the transfer orders, medication errors in or medications listed on the transfer documents. Nurses must compare this to the medication administration record (MAR). Often not all elements of a medication record are available for easy verification, but it is of paramount importance to verify with every possible source—including the discharging or transferring institution/unit, the patient or patient’s family, and physician—to prevent potential errors related to improper reconciliation. There are several forms for medication reconciliation available from various vendors.3. Double check—or even triple check—procedures. This is a process whereby another nurse on the same shift or an incoming shift reviews all new orders to ensure each patient’s order is noted and transcribed correctly on the physician’s order and the medication administration record (MAR) or the treatment administration record. Some institutions have a chart flag process in place to highlight charts with new orders that require order verification.4. Have the physician (or another nurse) read it back. This is a process whereby a nurse reads back an order to the prescribing physician to ensure the ordered medication is transcribed correctly. This process can also be carried out from one nurse to the next whereby a nurse reads back an order transcribed to th