IM1-MED ADMIN FOR EXAM 5,6,7 Flashcards
Medical errors are the __1__ leading cause of death in the United States, after heart disease and cancer, according to findings published in BMJ, 2016…. and based on 34,416,020 hospitalizations, over ___2_____ deaths stemmed from a medical error
- 3rd
- 251,000
Typically, nurses have more than ___ orders per shift
50
Medication orders require how much of the nurse’s time?
- 1/3
Medication errors cause at least ___ death every day in the U.S.
1
Medication errors INJURE more than ___ million people every year in the US
1.3 Million
The US spends more than ____ billion each year on patients who have been affected by med errors
40
Medication errors have been made by __1___% of the nurses. . In addition, __2__% of the participants reported medication errors on the verge of occurence
- 64.55%
- 31.37 %
The most common types of reported errors were wrong ____ and ____
- Dosage
- Infusion Rate
The most important cause of medication errors was lack of ______?
- Pharmacological knowledge
Medication errors can result in
List 5
- Death
- Life threatening situation
- Hospitalization
- Disability
- Birth defect
True or false: Medication errors can be prevented?
Trie
Can inappropriate medication use cause harm?
Yes
A provider ____ and ____ meds
- Prescribes
- Monitors
A pharmacist ____ and ____ meds
- Verifies
- Prepares
A nurse _____ and ____ meds
- Administers
- Monitors
What are points of medication errors?
- Ordering/prescribing
- Transcribing
- Dispensing
- Administering
- Monitoring
As nurses we are “monitors” what does this mean for us?
- We are responsible for recognizing S/S of a reaction
What are the 10 types of medication errors
- wrong patient
- wrong drug
- wrong route
- wrong time
- wrong dose/omitted dose
- wrong dosage form
- wrong technique
- deteriorated drug error- (expired, discolored drug)
- compliance (not given the way it was supposed to be given can be patient or RN fault)
- wrong documentation.
What factors could a provider/pharmacist/nurse run into that could cause a medication error?
- Distractions
- Poor communication
- Lack of training
- Inadequate knowledge of a patient
- Inadequate knowledge of drug
- Overworked or fatigued/lack of sleep
- physical/emotional health issue/stress
- Administration technique
- Lack of knowledge of drug-drug inte
- Miscalculation of dosage
- Drug preparation
- Computer error
- Stocking error
- Transcription error
What factors with the patient could cause a medication errors?
- Personality
- Literacy
- Language barriers
- Multiple health conditions
- Polypharmacy
- Inconsistent method
What communication factors are associated with medication errors.
- Name confusion
- Illegible handwriting
- Verbal order
- Brand name confusion
- Generic name confusion
- Labeling
What are ways to reduce medication errors?
- Patient and patient families take an active role and be informed
- Give healthcare workers tools and information needed to prescribe dispense and administer
-Computerized order entry system- Having a clinical pharmacist accompanying physicians in high risk area
- Bar-code systems
-Medication reconcilliation - Not using error prone abbreviations
- Medication education for new and existing staff
- Limitations and safeguards for verbal orders
What are ways to reduce medication errors?
- Patient and patient families take an active role and be informed
- Give healthcare workers tools and information needed to prescribe dispense and administer
-Computerized order entry system- Having a clinical pharmacist accompanying physicians in high risk area
- Bar-code systems
-Medication reconciliation - Not using error prone abbreviations
- Medication education for new and existing staff
- Limitations and safeguards for verbal orders
What is complacently in the workplace?
Is when you become so secure in your work that you take potentially dangerous shortcuts in your tasks, don’t perform to the same quality as you once did or become unaware of deficiencies