Nurse Distractions and Med Errors please share input

[CNOR1988]

Hello everyone,

I am doing an evidenced-based research paper for my advanced clinicals on nurse distractions and medication errors. I would appreciate any personal stories or input on this topic. Thank you :)

[Moogie]

I hate when two patients in the same room have same first name or very similar last names. I triple check their ID band.

Our unit manager does the renwal MAR for the next month and every month floor nurses find mistake after mistake of transcription error, patient is on potassium when there is no order for it, medications not put on the new MAR etc.. Because we floor nurses give medications everyday we know what medications are missing by looking at it. I asked unit manager if floor nurses can do the renewals and she said she have to do it becuase some of the floor nurses are not being careful... What? :nuke:

When I worked LTC, some rocket scientist thought that it would be a great idea to put two people with the same first name in a room. Considering that many LTC facilities use the residents' first names instead of their full names---and there are no wrist ID bands in LTC, this was a recipe for disaster.