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Nursing Standard, 2014
Most nurses are involved in medicines management, which is integral to promoting patient safety. Medicines management is prone to errors, which depending on the error can cause patient injury, increased hospital stay and significant legal expenses.
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Most nurses are involved in medicines management, which is integral to promoting patient safety. Medicines management is prone to errors, which depending on the error can cause patient injury, increased hospital stay and significant legal expenses.
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Medication Administration and Errors
Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing, 2010MEDICATION ERRORS STILL occur in the perianesthesia setting as in all clinical settings. One nurse accidentally administered a potassium minibag via an epidural catheter by connecting to a Y port. The patient received the whole dose before the nurse later realized she had connected the infusion to the epidural tubing.
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Medication Errors in Obstetrics
Clinics in Perinatology, 2008The findings highlighted in this article suggest that obstetricians and perinatologists face several challenges for safe medication use during pregnancy. Furthermore, evidence of in-hospital medication errors from obstetric services has been provided by national medication error data voluntarily submitted from many hospitals.
Toni A, Kfuri +3 more
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Prevention of Medication Errors
Clinics in Perinatology, 2005Medication error is the most frequent source of medical error that is associated with adverse events, and, in many cases, is preventable. Medication errors can occur at any step in the medication process. Medication error prevention and reduction begins with a systematic approach to their detection.
Christoph U, Lehmann, George R, Kim
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AJN, American Journal of Nursing, 2020
A new book makes the case for ‘a culture shift of epic proportions.’
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A new book makes the case for ‘a culture shift of epic proportions.’
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International Journal of User-Driven Healthcare, 2013
Patients' awareness and informed involvement may reduce the prevalence of patients' errors. The aim of this study is to identify the occurrence of patients' medication errors in one of the leading tertiary care educational superspeciality hospitals in Iran during one year from October 2010 to October 2011. This is a retrospective study.
Vahideh Zarea Gavgani +2 more
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Patients' awareness and informed involvement may reduce the prevalence of patients' errors. The aim of this study is to identify the occurrence of patients' medication errors in one of the leading tertiary care educational superspeciality hospitals in Iran during one year from October 2010 to October 2011. This is a retrospective study.
Vahideh Zarea Gavgani +2 more
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The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery-American Volume, 2009
A patient with severe arthritis of the hip and shortening of the ipsilateral extremity undergoes hip replacement surgery with correction of the limb-length discrepancy. At the time of the postoperative examination, he is found to have a complete foot drop.
James D, Capozzi, Rosamond, Rhodes
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A patient with severe arthritis of the hip and shortening of the ipsilateral extremity undergoes hip replacement surgery with correction of the limb-length discrepancy. At the time of the postoperative examination, he is found to have a complete foot drop.
James D, Capozzi, Rosamond, Rhodes
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AWHONN Lifelines, 2004
Medication errors are perhaps the most common type of error occurring in health care settings; the effects of these types of errors span the gamut from no harm to death. It's widely held today that the majority of errors result from latent errors within a complex health care system, rather than from individual clinician performances. Open discussion of
Suzanne C, Beyea +3 more
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Medication errors are perhaps the most common type of error occurring in health care settings; the effects of these types of errors span the gamut from no harm to death. It's widely held today that the majority of errors result from latent errors within a complex health care system, rather than from individual clinician performances. Open discussion of
Suzanne C, Beyea +3 more
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Medication errors in the neonate
The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine, 2012Critically ill patients are a high risk population for medication errors and neonates represent a more vulnerable group. Errors can occur in each step of the path from prescription to administration and their rate varies widely due to the error definition and identification methods used in the different studies.
Elena, Sorrentino, Caterina, Alegiani
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Orthopaedic Nursing, 2001
Errors in health care are receiving much attention today, although committing such errors is not a new phenomenon. Nurses are taught procedures so that they are less likely to make mistakes. Yet nurses do make errors. Although many types of errors can and do occur in the health care setting, this article focuses on a discussion of medication errors and
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Errors in health care are receiving much attention today, although committing such errors is not a new phenomenon. Nurses are taught procedures so that they are less likely to make mistakes. Yet nurses do make errors. Although many types of errors can and do occur in the health care setting, this article focuses on a discussion of medication errors and
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