Causes And Strategies Of The Health Care System - 1984 Words

Millions of people are affected by adverse drug events every year. Medication errors are one of the most common and alarming types of errors that nurses can make, especially when neglecting to follow the five rights of medication administration. This paper evaluated several articles that cite causes and strategies to prevent medication errors. By studying processes that reveal potential areas in healthcare (nursing in particular) that allow for these medication errors, a myriad of interwoven solutions may be implemented to improve the safety of patients receiving medications. Rigorous following of the five rights of medication administration, barcoding of medications, combined with computer-order-entry entails teamwork and collaboration of the multi-disciplinary team that provides the best patient outcomes as it relates to medication administration. Key words: nursing, medication errors, five rights, patient safety, medication administration, According to the Quality and Safety Education for Nurses Institute (QSEN), the significance of errors in patient care has come to the forefront of the US health care system since a series of national commissions have documented these safety and quality issues in the literature. In 2006, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) estimated that more than 1.5 million people in the US are harmed each year by preventable adverse drug events (ADEs). Since nurses administer the majority of medications, they have a central positionShow MoreRelatedThe Delivery Of Health Care1233 Words   |  5 PagesThe delivery of health care services in contemporary society relies on a diverse multidisciplinary network of professional’s working together to deliver optimal patient outcomes. These outcomes are reliant upon the communication and interaction of numerous professional. 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