How The Five Rights Are Wrong: Development Of A Nursing Medication Safety Science Curriculum

<p>Medication errors, now thought to be four times greater than previous estimates, pose a serious threat to nurses, patients, and health care institutions. Current nursing education lacks any coherent medication safety framework other than the classic “Five Rights” construct. This project piloted an educational intervention with senior nursing students based on systems-thinking safety principles. Students evaluated the learning experience positively and improved pre- to post-testing scores by 74%. This study demonstrates students’ ready acceptance and comprehension of systems thinking medication safety theory, an alternative to the “Five Rights” construct.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)

Level thesis:degree_level

Open Access Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Yale University School of Nursing

Year

2019

Author dc:creator

• Davis, Melissa Ann

Contributors dc:contributor

• Jessica S. Coviello
• Judith Kunisch

• High reliability organization
• Medication error
• Nursing education
• QSEN
• Systems thinking

Repository record dc:identifier

https://elischolar.library.yale.edu/ysndt/1093

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:elischolar.library.yale.edu:ysndt-1092