Schreiber, M. L. (2023). Safe medication administration: So many considerations. Medsurg Nursing, 32(4), 267-269.
This article details the multitude of factors that nurses incorporate during their role in medication management, including clinical reasoning and judgement and the standardized rights of medication administration. This resource is particularly useful to nurses who wish to implement evidence-based strategies to reduce medication errors.
Jin, H., Qu, Q., Zhao, Y., Gong, Z., Fu, Q., Chi, X., & Duffy, V. G. (2022). Investigating the factors leading to medication communication errors from organizational and working conditional perspectives. International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, 91, 103342.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ergon.2022.103342
This study explains the importance of identifying medication communication errors not only as a means to characterize them, but also to provide a method to prevent them from recurring. This study is valuable as it supports the significance of regularly monitoring the effectiveness of safety interventions and making adjustments as needed.
Tsamasiotis, C, Fiard, G., Bouzat, P., Francois, P., Fond, G., Boyer, L, & Boussat, B. (2024). From reporting to improving: How root cause analysis in teams shape patient safety culture. Risk Management and Healthcare Policy, 17, 1847-1858.
https://doi.org/10.2147/RMHP.S466852
This study investigates the effectiveness of quality improvement program participation as a strategy to improve patient safety. This resource reinforces the value in interdisciplinary collaboration between nurses, pharmacists, physicians and other healthcare professionals.