Increasing Patient Safety During Medication Administration

<p>Medication administration error is one of the crucial medical errors that compromises patient safety in hospitals each day. Direct observations were conducted to assess medication administration (MA) accuracy and practices in order to determine the root cause(s) of errors at a community-based, non-profit hospital. Failure to scan patients’ wristbands, to verbally verify patients’ identity with two identifiers, and to verbally verify patients’ allergies, were some practices that were found to lead to medication administration errors. Implementation tools such as an informative video and reminder signage at bedside computers were piloted at the oncology unit of the hospital to improve nursing practice consistency during medication administration.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science in Nursing (MSN)

Level thesis:degree_level

Project/Capstone - Global access

Year dc:date.available

2017

Author dc:creator

• Tso, Vivien

Contributors dc:contributor

• Jennifer Zesati

• medication administration error
• medical errors
• patient safety
• Other Nursing

Repository record dc:identifier

https://repository.usfca.edu/capstone/682

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:repository.usfca.edu:capstone-1709