Med Administration Competency Test: Help!

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Specializes in psychiatric.

Which of the following is not an example of Joint Commission medication safety practice? (hint, its not "B")

a. Use of hand written orders. 

b. Use of approved abbreviation list.

c. Use of TALLman lettering.

d. Use of High Alert medication lists.

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Specializes in oncology.
15 hours ago, JenRN2010 said:

Which of the following is not an example of Joint Commission medication safety practice?

So I am reading this as what option can feed into med errors? 

What are we not doing now, although we did it forever...and the misinterpretation caused many errors.

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On 5/2/2021 at 9:09 PM, chare said:

What do you think it is?

exactly...and the rationale behind the answer would be nice in order to see the thought process

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Specializes in psychiatric.

I went with, "A", which was correct. I was just reading too much inton the question and second guessing myself. Pretty much, the answer summary:

The Joint Commission does not include, "A. Handwritten orders," as an example of medication safety practice.

Thank you for your input.

Jennifer

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Specializes in Psyche Nursing, Med/Surg, LTAC.

"The Joint Commission does not include, "A. Handwritten orders," as an example of medication safety practice."

Good to  know. Although facilities without EHR are still using them. 

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