Background: Medication administration errors (MAE) account for nearly 251,000 deaths in the United States of America each year. This estimate makes medication errors the third leading cause of death. The Joint Commission considers MAE as sentinel events that are preventable through the use of proper safety precautions, like the constant implementation of the eight rights of medication administration.

Objective: The purpose of this evidence-based practice presentation is to educate nurses on the progressive care unit about MAE and ways of decreasing them.

Methods: As data collection, an eight-item questionnaire was created that assessed nurses’ baseline knowledge and was used to reassess knowledge post-intervention. A poster presentation will cover the reality that are MAE, the importance of utilizing the eight rights of medication administration continuously, and triple checking medications before final administration.

Results: The primary outcome is to increase nurses’ knowledge on MAE and the importance of utilizing the eight rights of medication administration during each medication administration, with a secondary outcome of decreasing MAE. This will ensure patient safety, improve patient care, and decrease preventable hospital expenses.

Conclusion: Utilization of the eight rights of medication administration continuously can decrease the incidence of MAE and improve patient safety. Research states that this is key in decreasing MAE made by nurses.