strawberry2006

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1. I passed!!

   strawberry2006 replied to OMG212's topic in NCLEX

   Thank you OMG for the info!!!

2. medication error?

   strawberry2006 replied to strawberry2006's topic in Safety

   Thank you, LPN1974 for your reply. Please let me know how you like your new system after Apr. 1st!

3. I passed!!

   strawberry2006 replied to OMG212's topic in NCLEX

   Congratulations!!! I was just wondering... what program did you use to pass NCLEX?! I'm a nursing student taking the exam in a few months. Is it an on-line program? where do I find it? What is the name of the program? Thank you!!!

4. medication error?

   strawberry2006 replied to strawberry2006's topic in Safety

   Thank you carolyn for your reply. so...what are you doing now to avoid med. error (if you don't mind sharing with me)? Also, anyone know how to update ourselves with current nursing or medical field news (i.e. new meds, new laws, etc...)? Thank you!

5. medication error?

   strawberry2006 replied to strawberry2006's topic in Safety

   I see... I have seen many nurses have 7-8 patients with 15-20 meds each. It seems a lot to me though, is it normal? do we have any campaign/movement going on to improve this situation (reducing med. error?)? in any states? Thank you

6. medication error?

   strawberry2006 replied to strawberry2006's topic in Safety

   Thank you for the reply, pricklypear! It will help me a lot! I was wondering one thing... "It's interesting that there may be more med errors on a 12h shift. Personally, I think med errors corelate more closely with patient load, acuity and chaos on ...

7. medication error?

   strawberry2006 replied to strawberry2006's topic in Safety

   Thank you for your input!! I have read an article about 12 hr shift and med. error, where 12hr shift is increasing the rate of med. error than 8hr shift. is it really true? if so, should we go with 8hr than 12hr?? What do you think about that? Thank...

8. medication error?

   strawberry2006 posted a topic in Safety

   hi, i'm a nursing student wondering about how to prevent medication error. what have you seen worked very well reducing meds error and what not. any specific tools/ways you use to reduce meds errors? i've read a few articles about medication error....