NURSING 2L03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Mohawk College, Medical Error, Drug Delivery
18 Nov 2017
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Omitting junior/senior designation (keep in mind dosage regimen and such are affected by age) Order entry error reliance one wrong patient data physician prescribed medications for a new patient based on a medication list in the history and physical of patient"s sister. Mistranscribed telephone order repeat back what you heard intermingled patient labels. Data entry errors (franklin hope vs. hope franklin, make sure you know exactly who you"re doing entry for) coupled drug delivery do not send drugs for 2 patients in the same bag. Mixing up mars if its on the same table. Mixing up monitoring results confirm identities before administering any medication. Safe practice recommendations aims to improve accuracy of patient identification (2 identifiers) ( not room number) To match the service or treatment to that individual. Set up, obtain, receive, give, document diagnostic test results. Findings of med errors made by nursing students. According to rights of medication administration and contributing factors.
