ensuring and preventing medication errors. Researchers had reported that 38% of medication errors that take place in hospitals are serious and leads to mortality. Nurses being the majority number of healthcare provider had been found to be responsible for 26% to 38% of medication errors that takes place in hospital settings. In fact nurses’ vital role is ensuring that all patients would receive safe treatment (Kim, An, Kim & Yoon, 2016). The last person that checks on the medication before dispensing to
Background- A medication error is an episode associated with use of medication that should be preventable through effective control system. Investigating the incidence, type, and nature of medication errors are very crucial to prevent them. Aim- The study aimed to analyze and ascertain profile and pattern of medication errors among admitted patients in a tertiary care teaching hospital. Methods- The present prospective study was carried out by the Department of Pharmacology in collaboration with
antibiotic, however it had been the epidural. Just as the medication began running the patient began to arrest. People fled to the patient’s room. Later that evening when the room was being cleaned the epidural bag was found and handed to Julie for her to see what she had given the patient. Following the incident, the hospital fired Julie and she was criminally charged. To avoid prison, Julie pled a misdemeanor and was stripped of her nursing license. The incident described above depicts an
Ethically Administering Medications in the Nursing Profession Every year there are approximately 1.3 million injuries caused by medication administration errors (Healthline, 2016). Nursing, is a profession that faces a variety of ethical dilemmas daily, and it is very important for a nurse to avoid these dilemmas at all costs to assure quality patient-centered care. The Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) Code of Ethics is a set of ethical values developed for registered nurses throughout Canada to
Introduction According Little Oxford medication is define as a medicinal drug or treatment using drugs while error define as mistake, condition of being morally wrong or degree of inaccuracy in calculation or measurement. Medication error is preventable events that occur due to an error in the process of prescribing, dispensing and administrating. According The National Coordinating Council for Medication Error Reporting and Prevention (NCC MERP, 2015) defines “medication error as any preventable event that
on this medication error. As we know about medication error is very serious condition and can cause harm to the patient, medication error can prolong hospitalization and others complication happen. Each year statistic show high incident occur in hospital setting is medication error. What happen? Issues happen due to the shortage of staff causing workload increase by 1 staff nurse take care on 2 to 3 patient. According to Cheragi, Manoocheri, & Ehsani,( 2013) stated that medication error s more
settings to deliver medications, fluids, and nutrients to patients at controlled rates. Approximately 90 percent of hospitalized patients receive an IV infusion as part of their medical treatment (Husch et al., 2005). The use of computerized smart pump technology in hospitals has increased from approximately 33% in 2005 to almost 50% in 2009 (Brady, 2010). In recent years, smart infusion pumps have gradually become more sophisticated and include safety features such as dose error reduction software
were possibly breached in this article presented by BBC (2013) are beneficence, fidelity and veracity. As mentioned ealier, beneficence is to promote the well being of others. However, the nurses that was assigned to the patient did not administer medication, insulin and also failed to carry out tests for blood sugar level. Therefore, these nurses has breached this principle by failure to care the well being of this patient. The team of nurses do not bother reading plaintiff’s medical notes certainly
nurses are responsible for treating patients in their acute phase which includes resuscitation, stabilization, and administering a variety of emergency medications. Attainment of medication administration skills and competency for student nurses is challenging. Medication errors are common especially in the Emergency Department (ED) where medications are given to patients with little time for a student nurse to make accurate mental and physical calculations. Previous study done to evaluate student
supported by quantitative data. The article states the prevalence of wrong time medication administration errors via EMAR and its contributing factors. The article explains how this issue is a high risk to patient safety and can ultimately result in severe harm, death, and fetal consequences. 2. Was the purpose of the research clearly supported? Answer: The research of the prevalence and causes of wrong time medication administration is supported by quantitative descriptive data conducted in a private