Medication Errors

It is SO HARD to give medications these days. Meds not on the mar, not in the medication system, not in the patients bin, have to call the pharmacy, several interruptions while trying to give meds. It is just too much. It never surprises me at all when med errors are made. It surprises me when more errors are not made.

Do any of you recall the days when we went around in the hall with the medication book and the medication cart to each patient room? Did we have the same number of errors then? It seems like we did not. But I could be wrong. We did have to mix our own meds and IV fluids so perhaps we did. I just remember that when I was in the hall with the cart that people left me alone because I was "passing meds" and they did not bother me for other things until meds were passed. During that time, all I had to concentrate on was my med pass.

You are really dating us ol' girl!

It is SO HARD to give medications these days. Meds not on the mar, not in the medication system, not in the patients bin, have to call the pharmacy, several interruptions while trying to give meds. It is just too much. It never surprises me at all when med errors are made. It surprises me when more errors are not made.

Do any of you recall the days when we went around in the hall with the medication book and the medication cart to each patient room? Did we have the same number of errors then? It seems like we did not. But I could be wrong. We did have to mix our own meds and IV fluids so perhaps we did. I just remember that when I was in the hall with the cart that people left me alone because I was "passing meds" and they did not bother me for other things until meds were passed. During that time, all I had to concentrate on was my med pass.