Health And Drug Administration Of The Health Care Setting
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Effective Ways to Reduce Medication Errors in the Health Care Setting
Lincoln University
Suzanne Norman-Ybarra
One of the greatest fears of any nurse is harming or killing a patient by making a critical medication error. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration reports that a person dies accidently every day from a medication error and approximately 1.3 million sustain an injury from medication errors (U.S. Food and Drug Administration, 2016). Medication errors can result from the initial prescribing of the order, transcribing the order, entering the order, dispensing the medication, repackaging the medication with improper labeling, administering the medication incorrectly,…show more content… In an effort to reduce the occurrence of medication errors, JHACO has thoroughly investigated and implemented new safety standards of care. JHACO implemented a new standard referred to as the “10 Rights of Drug Administration.” 1. The Right Drug, 2. Right Patient, 3. Right Dose, 4. Right Route, 5. Right Time and Frequency, 6. Right Documentation, 7. Right History and Assessment, 8. Drug approach and Right to Refuse, 9. Right Drug to Drug Interaction and Evaluation, and 10. Right Education and Information. Failure to follow the 10 Rights of Medication Administration can result in a patient’s injury or death (Potter, Perry, Hall, & Stockert, 2013). Further research in safety has proven that reviewing the physicians order three times significantly reduced transcribing errors or entering the order incorrectly into the electronic medical record. Training new nurses and experienced nurses to review every order three times has shown beneficial in patient safety and has reduced medication errors. Nurses and medical staff involved in medication administration are encouraged to have a buddy system, where there are two nurses or trained staff members who double check all medication calculations and assist with verifying high risk medication dosages. When there is a discrepancy concerning any medication administration, a Stop, Think and Call policy is implemented and the medication is held until proper documentation and verification have been obtained.
disease, syndromes and sickness (Lindenberg, 2010). It is inevitable that the elderly face adverse effects of drugs while on medication especially when they still live independently. However, chances of errors in hospitals and care homes are more frequent when the medication process connects several departments (Belen et. al., 2009). Therefore, tactical measures are required in the provision of drug therapy in order to optimize safe medication in older adults. This paper discusses the issue by analyzing
Administer over the counter drugs as part of practice that accountable of decisions , outcomes and must follow standards of practice. Before recommending or administering on over the counter medications there are few nurses role must follow to avoid from abusing the over the counter drug provision.
An important aspect of the responsibility for the nurse is observing the crucial process involved in medication administration is 11 rights of medications administrations. There are 11 elements such as
Medication Errors
Each year, roughly 1.5 million adverse drug events (ADEs) occur in acute and long-term care settings across America (Institute of Medicine [IOM], 2006). An ADE is succinctly defined as actual or potential patient harm resulting from a medication error. To expound further, while ADEs may result from oversights related to prescribing or dispensing, 26-32% of all erroneous drug interventions occur during the nursing administration and monitoring phases (Anderson & Townsend, 2010). These
licensed estheticians have an “in-depth knowledge about different aspects of makeup, hair styling, nail care, and skin care will give you the authority to write about beauty and all its aspects”, (2). The platform for presenting products and knowledge to others does not necessarily have to be on the Internet as many television programs are able to reach computer illiterate clientele.
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instruction from a physician, dentist, etc., to a pharmacist stating the form, dosage strength, etc., of a drug to be issued to a specific patient.
1.2 If social care worker collects medicines for the service user they must ensure that any written policies and procedures for every aspect of handling medicines are adhered too. The registered provider is responsible for ensuring that when care workers give medicines they have the right training and are competent to do so.
1.1 There are
P3 - Explain relevant sections of key legislation and associated guidelines with regard to the administration of medicines
This booklet will be explaining how Acts and regulations are applied to prescribing, dispensing, administering, storage and disposal of medication in care homes.
Medicines Act 1968 + amendments
The Act controls supply of the medications. This act states that medicines supplied or sold at a pharmacy under the management of a qualified pharmacist. Then again, a few medications
framework for the use of medication in social care settings.
There are different legislations that govern the use of medication within social care settings:
The Medicines Act 1968
The Misuse Of Drugs Act 1971
The Safer Management of Controlled Drugs 2006
The Data Protection Act 1998
Health and Safety at Work Act 1974
The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations (COSHH)
Hazardous Waste Regulations 2005
Mental Capacity Act 2005
The Access to Health Records Act 1990
The classification of medicines
(SUD’s) are defined when the recurrent use of drugs and / or alcohol give rise to an array of clinically significant behavioral and physical health problems (Agley, 2016; Dwinnels, 2015). Substance use disorders impair individuals’ safety and quality of life and often co-occur with depression disorders (Dwinnels, 2015; Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration [SAMHSA], 2014). According to the 2014 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, approximately 21.5 million Americans aged 12
What is Health education? Why is it so important? Health education is where you teach people about their health and how they can improve their daily lives. So how is Health education defined? A good example for health education is a Joint Committee on Health Education and Promotion Terminology "any combination of planned learning experiences based on sound theories that provide individuals, groups, and communities the opportunity to acquire information and the skills needed to make quality health
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Support use of medication in social care settings
The “rights” of safe medication administration
Service user: verify identity of the service user
Medicine: verify identity of medicine to be given
Dose: verify the amount to be given, carefully determine the strength and the quantity
Time: verify time for the medicine to be taken
Route: verify the route by which the medicine is to be administered and follow procedures
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