Scott, L. (2016). Medication errors. Nursing Standard (2014+), 30(35), 61. Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org.library.capella.edu/10.7748/ns.30.35.61.s49
This article gives a nurses perspective on medication errors. The author talks about factors that play a role in medication errors. The factors include: incorrect timing of administration, system factors, leadership, workplace, communication, work place policies, and safety of the culture. The author’s emphasis is on error prevention being led by education and nurse self-awareness. Nurses being aware of their own issues that contribute to medication errors can lead them to proper education. Being educated and updated on prevention of errors will improve patient safety the safety improvement plan. This literature is relevant to patient safety by promoting self-awareness and education for nurses.
Bucknall, T., Fossum, M., Hutchinson, A. M., Botti, M., Considine, J., Dunning, T. Manias, E. (2019). Nurses’ decision‐making, practices and perceptions of patient involvement in medication administration in an acute hospital setting. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 75(6), 1316–1327. doi: 10.1111/jan.13963 Retrieved from https://doi-org.library.capella.edu/10.1111/jan.13963
This article was established to investigate medication administration decision making practices along with patient involvement in relation to medication errors. A study was performed which concluded the most common types of interruptions. The most common types of interruptions included: dealing with uncertainty, facilitating, framing/filtering information, managing interruptions and involving patients. The purpose of the study was to establish causes of safety issues for plan development. This article is an excellent resource to help nurses become self-aware of interruptions during medication administration. Using this resources as a tool can help nurses identify and be aware of interruptions. By increasing self-awareness of interruptions, nurses will be less likely to make a medication error. This is a relevant piece of education that will help nurses to eliminate interruptions during medication administration.
Farag, A., Lose, D., & Gedney-Lose, A. (2019). Nurses’ Safety Motivation: Examining Predictors of Nurses’ Willingness to Report Medication Errors. Western Journal of Nursing Research, 41(7), 954–972. https://doi.org/10.1177/0193945918815462
This article examines nurse’s safety motivation to report medication errors. A study was performed to test a proposed model that helps explain factors that influences nurse’s safety motivation. The factors this article spoke about consisted of organization and social factors. Organization factors were described as leadership styles and safety climate. This information would help benefit nursing leaders in learning leadership ways that promote better patient safety, which is relevant to the safety improvement plan. Helping nursing leaders understand how nurses perceive practices and procedures of daily operations will find weakness and areas to improve. The social factors consisted of organization trust and climate. Making sure employees feel safe and trusting enough to report medication errors plays an important role in reducing medication errors. Thus it is relevant to learn about factors that influences nurses in reporting medication errors. Reporting errors will implement new policies and procedures to improve patient safety. This article is a great source for nurses to learn the importance of medication errors. It also is a great source for nursing leadership to assess factors and barriers on reporting medication errors. Eliminating factors and fixing barriers will help promote better patient safety. To learn and prevent future errors, nurse leadership can use this article as a tool to begin assessing influences of their staff on not reporting medication errors.
Shams, S. (2017). Causes of medication error in hospital setting. I-Manager's Journal on Nursing, 7(1), 34-39. Retrieved from http://library.capella.edu/login?qurl=https%3A%2F%2Fsearch.proquest.com%2Fdocview%2F1920565465%3Fa
The use of this article gives great insight on a real case scenario of a medication error. This article can be used by nurses to compare and contrast a real like working scenario. It is relevant to the safety improvement plan because it enhances the awareness of real life medication errors. The case study involves a cancer patient receiving chemotherapy in which the nurse used proper administration to prevent an error. By using the five rights of medication administration she noticed the medication was not to be given yet. The chemotherapy drug ordered was scheduled for the third week of chemo, not the second. Giving this drug too early could result in a fatal reaction. This article shows proof of how important a nurse’s role plays in medication error prevention. This resource is an excellent tool to emphasize proper administration to prevent medication errors and promote better patient safety.
Chen, C.-C., Hsiao, F.-Y., Shen, L.-J., & Wu, C.-C. (2017). The cost-saving effect and prevention of medication errors by clinical pharmacist intervention in a nephrology unit. Medicine, 96(34). doi: 10.1097/md.0000000000007883.Retrieved from https://www-ncbi-nlm-nih-gov.library.capella.edu/pmc/articles/PMC5572025/
This article incorporates additional resources, such as a pharmacist into the approach. In this study, it takes a look at adverse drug events in correlation with pharmacist involvement. The study was conducted over a year monitoring the decrease in adverse drug events when pharmacy incorporated interventions. The study concluded that with pharmacist involvement in daily rounds, adverse drug events decreased by 66%. Medication errors can happen anywhere from the doctor, pharmacist and nurse. Having an extra guidance, such as pharmacist overlooking patients care, helps aid in patient safety. This article is a great tool and resource for nursing to incorporate pharmacists into their workday which will help prevent drug errors and promote better patient safety. It gives advice for nurses and pharmacists to follow to reduce medication errors.