Clinical Practice Guideline

[ruse]

Hi all,

I was wondering if there is anyone out there that would have a clinical practice guideline or protocol for addressing medication adminstration errors related to nursing.

Much appreciated

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[patwil73]

Hi all,

I was wondering if there is anyone out there that would have a clinical practice guideline or protocol for addressing medication adminstration errors related to nursing.

Much appreciated

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We fill out an anonymous reporting sheet that indicates what medication was given, when, and what the errors surrounding the administration was - for instance did the medication get cancelled but the order hadn't been scanned to pharmacy so wasn't in the computer, or was the time changed, or was there a few sound a like meds given and you picked the wrong one, etc.

Of course the doctor must be notified for further orders.

Hope this helps

Pat

[molly54]

Hi all,

into my 2nd week of placement in acute care.

not really comfortable in looking after demenitia patients.

can any one give me some advice on how to help them as a nurse.

thanks kevin

[TXstudentRN]

Have you already looked at http://www.guideline.gov? That's the National Guidelines Clearinghouse that has a database of more guidelines than you can imagine! I just did a search for "medication errors" and came up with a bunch: http://www.guideline.gov/search/searchresults.aspx?Type=3&txtSearch=medication+errors&num=20. Might be what you're looking for!

Good luck!