The medication administration definition is a guide that teaches nurses and healthcare professionals the principles, rights, responsibilities, and roles expected when giving drugs to patients. Medication is a substance that is either taken internally or placed on the body (skin, eyes, ears, nose) ...
for improvement exist and guide future efforts to do so.#The study purpose was to explore direct care nurses' perspectives on and experiences with medication safety practices and errors.#A qualitative descriptive study was conducted among direct care nurses employed across a large health care system...
Aims if this study This study identifies the main medication errors that occur in the ICU at a general hospital in the city of Valencia (Spain). We analyse the causes of these errors, based on the perception of expert professionals and determine if the level of knowledge that nurses have ...
Survey of medication error factors from nurses' perspective Polypharmacy and multiple chronic medical conditions combine to make frail and elderly residents especially susceptible to medication errors. Additionally, decreased renal function, impaired hearing and vision, and cognitive or functional limitations ...
- use the record to document the patient's name, date, time of medication administration, name of medication, and dosage. if the agency keeps a paper record, the nurse dispensing the medication signs the record. if the agency uses a computerized system, the compu...
Lecturer produces an easy-to-use prescription drug guide for nurses; BREAKING HEALTH NEWS Most nursing homes still depend on an antiquated system: paper-based charts and records, including the medication administration record (MAR), that are handwritten for each medication administration event for each...
Nurses who care for patients with life-limiting illness operate at the interface of family caregivers (FCGs), patients, and prescribers and are uniquely positioned to guide late-life medication management, including challenging discussions about deprescribing. The study objective was to describe nurses'...
Comment In the Nurses' Health Study, a relatively socioeconomically advantaged and medically knowledgeable population of older women, adherence to NAEPP guidelines for the treatment of asthma was low. Overall adherence was comparable to results from a national sample of patients with asthma.12 Particip...
Medsurg nursing : official journal of the Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses. 2008;17(6):405–10. PubMed Google Scholar Westerbotn M, Fahlström E, Fastbom J, Agüero-Torres H, Hillerås P. How do older people experience their management of medicines? Journal of Clinical Nursing. ...
Preventing, identifying, and managing medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw: a practical guide for nurses and other allied healthcare professionals Article Open access 19 April 2020 Oral risk factors associated with medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw in patients with cancer Article 08...