Description
Make an assay of the list of the most common medication administration errors and suggest steps that can be taken to prevent these errors.
APA format is required for this written assignment. Minimal of two pages.
This is a safe assigned homework, no more than 20 % of similarities permitted. Minimal two references no more than 5 years old.
Thank you.
Information to review:
The different types of medication errors include (but are not necessarily limited to):
Prescribing errors, wherein the selection of a drug is incorrect based on the patient’s
allergies or other indications. Additionally, the wrong dose, form, quantity, route (oral vs
intravenous), concentration, or rate of admission could be used.
Omission errors, in which there is a failure to give a medication dose before the next
one is scheduled.
Wrong time errors, wherein a medication is given outside the predetermined interval
from its scheduled time.
Improper dosing errors, wherein a greater or lesser amount of medication is
delivered than is required to manage the patient’s condition.
Wrong dose errors, wherein the correct dosage was prescribed, but the wrong dose was
administered.
Improper administration technique errors, such as administering a medication
intravenously instead of orally.
Wrong drug preparation errors, wherein a medication is incorrectly formulated (i.e.,
too much or too little diluting solution added when a medication is reconstituted).
Fragmented care errors, wherein a lack of communication exists between the
prescribing physician and other healthcare professionals.
Reference:
Medication errors in nursing: Common types, causes, and prevention. Medcom, Inc. (2019,
December 21). Retrieved May 16, 2022, from https://www.medcominc.com/medical-
errors/common-nursing-medication-errors-types-causes-prevention/
