Question

Provide your answers to the following questions/statements in a 3-5 sentence answer for each.

1. What should the "culture and environment of safety" look like when preparing and administering medications?

2. Discuss a common breach of medication administration.

3. Identify three (3) factors that lead to errors in documentation related to medication administration.

4. What can I do to prevent medication errors?

Answer 1

ANS)

1) The " culture and environment of safety" is very important at the time of making and executing drugs.At the time of producing the drug, you should do that in a peaceful place,reducing the disturbances and interference.The presence of light should be also high in that place.This is very important to make sure that the tags are correctly read during the preparation.

2) We know that the mistakes in the medical administration may happen by the lack of success in anyone of the 5 important priority rules.These are correct patient,drug,period,dosage and route.The very usual kind of error is the incorrect moment of administration,along with negligence and incorrect dosage,incorrect preparation.

3) The factors that leads to errors in documentation related to medication administration are,

* Deficiency in training.

* Deficiency in conversation between the doctor and client.

* Confusion

* Lack of proper facilities.

4) * Check the steps on how to take the medicine more than one time.

* Document every single thing.

* Think about keeping a name sign on the medicine.

* Make sure the 5 priority or rule of the drug administration.

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