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for Authors Information for Editors Information for Reviewers Citations Contact Us Prevention of medication errors made by nurses in clinical practice Efstratios Athanasakis* Nursing Student, Alexander Technological Educational Institution, preventing medication errors in nursing Thessaloniki Corresponding Author: Athanasakis Efstratios, str Imvrou 9, Pilea, Thessaloniki, nurses role in medication administration Greece, Post code: 55535, Tel: +306974992897, E-mail: stratosathanasakis@yahoo.gr Related article at Pubmed, Scholar Google Visit for safe medication administration more related articles at Health Science Journal Abstract Background: Medication administration to patients is a part of clinical nursing practice with high risk of errors occurrence. The causing factors
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of medication errors are either individual or systemic. In order to prevent errors before, the establishment of protective measures is pivotal. Purpose: To explore the protective measures taken by nurses to prevent medication errors in clinical practice. Method and material: A search of Medline, Science Direct and Cochrane Library was conducted to retrieve literature published from January 2000 until best practices for safe medication administration August 2011. Results: The protective measures against medication errors are related with the preparation and administration of medications, the dosing calculations skills of nurses, the nursing education, the oral medication orders, the interdisciplinary collaboration, the manager nurses and changes in health systems’ issues relevant with medication management. Conclusions: This review paper summarizes the preventive measures of medication errors made by nurses. As it is obvious, there is a plenty of factors that need to be applied in health units to succeed low medication error rate. Because of the significance of the subject, further research is warranted to prove the effectiveness of every measure in the prevention of medication errors. Key words Medication errors, prevention, nurses. Introduction Safety during patient hospitalization consists one of their rights and also the first priority of health professionals. Errors that occur during the application of medical/nursing interventions or patient hospitalization have drawn health researchers’ attention over the last decade. Errors appearing in the hospital settings concern a lot of incidents like patients falls, use of wrong equipment
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Health.Hughes RG, editor. Patient Safety and Quality: An Evidence-Based Handbook for Nurses. Rockville (MD): Agency
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for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); 2008 Apr. Patient Safety and Quality: An Evidence-Based Handbook for Nurses.Show detailsHughes RG, editor.Rockville (MD): Agency for http://www.hsj.gr/medicine/prevention-of-medication-errors-made-by-nurses-in-clinical-practice.php?aid=3109 Healthcare Research and Quality (US); 2008 Apr.ContentsSearch term < PrevNext > Chapter 37Medication Administration SafetyRonda G. Hughes; Mary A. Blegen.Author InformationRonda G. Hughes;1 Mary A. Blegen.21 Ronda G. Hughes, Ph.D., M.H.S., R.N., senior health scientist administrator, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. E-mail: vog.shh.qrha@sehguh.adnor2 Mary A. Blegen, Ph.D., https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK2656/ R.N., F.A.A.N., professo r in community health system and director of the Center for Patient Safety, School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco. E-mail: ude.fscu.gnisrun@negelb.yramBackgroundThe Institute of Medicine’s (IOM) first Quality Chasm report, To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System,1 stated that medication-related errors (a subset of medical error) were a significant cause of morbidity and mortality; they accounted “for one out of every 131 outpatient deaths, and one out of 854 inpatient deaths”1 (p. 27). Medication errors were estimated to account for more than 7,000 deaths annually.1 Building on this work and previous IOM reports, the IOM put forth a report in 2007 on medication safety, Preventing Medication Errors.2 This report emphasized the importance of severely reducing medication errors, improving communication with patients, continually monitoring for errors, providing clinicians with decision-support and information tools, and improving and standardi
Health Care Clinical eLearning ClinicalKey for Nursing Additional Elsevier Resources Blog Resources Whitepapers Videos Podcasts Webinars & Events Mosby's Heritage http://www.confidenceconnected.com/blog/2012/08/22/clinical_reasoning_can_prevent_medication_errors/ Contact e-Commerce store Request Demo Home \ Connect Blog http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221413911500013X \ Clinical Reasoning Can Prevent Medication Errors August 22, 2012 Clinical Reasoning Can Prevent Medication Errors Medication errors are the most common errors in health care. In fact, the average hospital patient can be subjected to at least one medication error medication error per hospital day, and these errors may account for up to 7,000 hospital deaths every year. Fortunately, by relying on clinical reasoning and appropriate actions to intercept these errors before they reach patients, nurses can prevent many medication errors before they occur. According to a recent medication errors in study in Qualitative Health Research, nurses intercept 50% to 86% of potential medication errors. Through in-depth interviews, researchers found that medical-surgical nurses use more than the traditional “five rights” of medication administration: right patient, medication, route, dose, and time. They also rely on two clinical reasoning themes—maintaining medication safety and managing the environment—to protect patients from medication errors. Clinical Reasoning and Medication Safety Nurses know that although electronic medical records are valuable tools, relying too heavily on them can pose risks. Keeping clinical reasoning skills sharp helps keep patients safe. To support clinical reasoning, nurses follow specific safety practices that include: • Patient education—Nurses review each medication and dose with the patient before administration. If anything seems odd, the nurse stops, checks the original order, and may go back to the notes to confirm the medication or discuss it with the phys
Please note that Internet Explorer version 8.x will not be supported as of January 1, 2016. Please refer to this blog post for more information. Close ScienceDirectJournalsBooksRegisterSign inSign in using your ScienceDirect credentialsUsernamePasswordRemember meForgotten username or password?Sign in via your institutionOpenAthens loginOther institution loginHelpJournalsBooksRegisterSign inHelpcloseSign in using your ScienceDirect credentialsUsernamePasswordRemember meForgotten username or password?Sign in via your institutionOpenAthens loginOther institution login Download PDF Opens in a new window. Article suggestions will be shown in a dialog on return to ScienceDirect. Help Direct export Export file RIS(for EndNote, Reference Manager, ProCite) BibTeX Text RefWorks Direct Export Content Citation Only Citation and Abstract Advanced search JavaScript is disabled on your browser. Please enable JavaScript to use all the features on this page. JavaScript is disabled on your browser. Please enable JavaScript to use all the features on this page. This page uses JavaScript to progressively load the article content as a user scrolls. Click the View full text link to bypass dynamically loaded article content. View full text International Journal of Africa Nursing SciencesVolume 3, 2015, Pages 18–23 Open Access The role of nursing education in preventing medication errors in BotswanaWananani B. Tshiamo, , Mabedi Kgositau , Esther Ntsayagae , Motshedisi B. Sabone University of Botswana, Private Bag UB 00712, Gaborone, BotswanaReceived 18 August 2014, Revised 29 May 2015, Accepted 2 June 2015, Available online 20 June 2015AbstractMedication errors frequently feature in research world-wide. Although medication errors are also a concern in medicine and anesthesia, they have become a regular topic in nursing. In Botswana, a country challenged by shortage of both medications and professionals qualified to process and administer medications, as well as low levels of health literacy, the risk of medications errors should be even higher.In Botswana nurses are deployed in both acute and primary care settings taking an active part in prescription, t