Question

1. You are a nurse preparing a medication safety presentation for your unit’s monthly staff meeting. The focus of the presentation is avoiding medication errors and the necessary due diligence for every member of the nursing staff. (Learning Objectives #4 & #7)
   1. When can medication errors occur?
   2. Which classes of medications are more typically connected to medication errors?
   3. Outline the appropriate label check opportunities.
   4. What “rights” should be monitored to ensure accurate medication administration?
   5. Describe how often nurses should check medication data to protect their patients.
   6. Indicate the additional information you would expect to document upon administering a narcotic medication.
   7. What steps are pertinent to administering medications via GI tube to maintain patient comfort and safety?
   8. Outline precautions necessary to prevent needlesticks.

Answer 1

Answer :

When can medication errors occur :

• Inaccessibility of patient information such as information about patient's health status ,illnesses laboratory test results , current medication or known drug allergies.
• Insufficient knowledge about the drug ,such as proper dosing ,or drug to drug interactions .
• Handwritten orders that are illegible ,misspelled ,abbreviated ,incorrect or or incomplete .
• Failure in the administration of a drug such as giving drug at the incorrect time or by incorrect route , giving other than those prescribed or giving drugs to the wrong patient.
• Over Use or under Use of medications .

B) answer :

• Cardiovascular medications were the mosmost common drug class associated with mefication errors in hospitals units .while heparin was the most common druginvolved in medication error in all hospitals .
• Some studies shown that mwdication errors occurs mostly in commonly used medications such as analgesics and antibiotics etc.

C) answer :

• Dose .
• Route of administration.
• Manufacturer date .
• Expiry date .
• Dilution range .
• Composition .
• If it is liquid ,check the ample clear or any solid particles present or not .

D) answer :

• Right patient .
• Right medication.
• Right dose
• Right route .
• Right time .
• Right education.
• Right assessment .
• Right evaluation
• Right documentation.