Preventing Medication Errors
Hours: 1.00
Medication management is a core approach used for treating behavioral health conditions. As a nurse working with individuals with behavioral health disorders, the chances are high that your role will involve the proper administration and oversight of medications. Unfortunately, harmful medication errors can occur in any healthcare setting and during any part of the prescribing, dispensing, or administering process. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA, 2019) reviews more than 100,000 reports of possible medication errors each year. This course will describe common sources of medication errors. You will also learn strategies you can use to improve safety outcomes for the individuals you serve by decreasing medication errors. The goal of this course is to provide nursing professionals in health and human services settings with skills for reducing common sources of medication errors.
Medication management is a core approach used for treating behavioral health conditions. As a nurse working with individuals with behavioral health disorders, the chances are high that your role will involve the proper administration and oversight of medications. Unfortunately, harmful medication errors can occur in any healthcare setting and during any part of the prescribing, dispensing, or administering process. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA, 2019) reviews more than 100,000 reports of possible medication errors each year. This course will describe common sources of medication errors. You will also learn strategies you can use to improve safety outcomes for the individuals you serve by decreasing medication errors. The goal of this course is to provide nursing professionals in health and human services settings with skills for reducing common sources of medication errors.
California Board of Registered Nursing
Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, CEP# 13791
Nurses will receive 1.00 contact hours for participating in this course.
District of Columbia Board of Nursing
District of Columbia Board of Nursing Approved Continuing Education program (CEBroker Provider #50-290).
Nurses will receive 1.00 contact hours for participating in this course.
Florida Board of Nursing
Florida Board of Nursing (CEBroker Provider #50-290).
Nurses will receive 1.00 contact hours for participating in this course.
American Nurses Credentialing Center
In support of improving patient care, Relias LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Nurses will receive 1.00 Nursing Contact Hours after successfully completing this course.
Georgia Board of Nursing
Georgia Board of Nursing (CEBroker Provider #50-290).
Nurses will receive 1.00 contact hours for participating in this course.
South Carolina Board of Nursing
South Carolina Board of Nursing (CEBroker Provider #50-290)
Nurses will receive 1.00 contact hours for participating in this course.
West Virginia Board of Registered Nursing
West Virginia Board of Registered Nursing (CEBroker Provider #50-290)
Nurses will receive 1.00 contact hours for participating in this course.
New Mexico Board of Nursing
New Mexico Board of Nursing (CEBroker Provider #50-290)
Nurses will receive 1.00 contact hours for participating in this course.
Arkansas State Board of Nursing
Arkansas State Board Of Nursing Approved Continuing Education program (CEBroker Provider #50-290).
Nurses will receive 1.00 contact hours for participating in this course.
Describe the sources and types of medication errors.
Summarize the primary “rights” of safe medication administration.
Explain strategies to improve patient safety and reduce the risk of medication errors.
Outline:
Section 1: Introduction
About This Course
Learning Objectives
Section 2: Sources and Types of Medication Errors
Meet Lenny
What is a Medication Error?
The Nurse’s Role in Preventing Medication Errors
Common Types and Sources of Medication Errors
Communication-Related Errors
Dosing Errors
Calculations and Concentration Errors
Omission and Dispensing Errors
Wrong Patient Administration Errors
Quick Check
Human Factors and Errors
Environmental Errors
System-Based Errors
Medication-Specific Risk Factors and Errors
Review
Summary
Section 3: The “Rights” of Safe Medication Administration
Guidelines for Safe Medication Administration
The Right Drug
The Right Patient
The Right Route
Quick Check
The Right Dose
The Right Time
When Errors Lead to More Errors
Additional “Rights” of Medication Administration
Review
Summary
Section 4: Strategies for Improving Medication Safety
Identifying Errors
Reducing Communication-Related Errors
Quick Check
Reducing Calculation and Concentration Errors
Reducing Environmental Errors
Other Strategies for Reducing Errors
Reducing Errors with Medication Reconciliation
Review
Summary
Section 5: Conclusion
Summary
Course Contributors
Resources
References
Congratulations!
Alison L. Miller, MSN, RN-BC, FAIS, has been a psychiatric nurse for almost 30 years and a nurse educator for more than 20. Alison earned her BSN from Eastern Michigan University (Sigma Theta Tau) and MS in adult psychiatric nursing from the University of Illinois-Chicago. In 2004, she joined the US Army Nurse Corps, where she provided mental resilience training to troops and commanders prior to deployment and psychological debriefings to soldiers having just returned home. After discharge, Fort Carson recruited her to serve as their Psychiatric Nurse Consultant, tasked with helping reduce the active duty soldier suicide rates and to serve as team leader of their Behavioral Health Urgent Response Team. In 2016, she became HCA's West Florida Division's Director of Behavioral Health Education, where she was responsible for the development and roll-out of psychiatric nursing curriculum to 16 hospitals. She also created and ran an online 8-week exam prep course for WFD, which helped over 70 RNs become Board Certified as Psychiatric Nurses during a 12-month span. Alison is the principle partner of PMHRN, LLC, the author of several articles on issues facing the combat veteran, and a popular national speaker. Disclosure: Alison L. Miller, MSN, RN-BC, FAIS has declared that no conflict of interest, Relevant Financial Relationship or Relevant Non-Financial Relationship exists.
The target audience for this course is: Nurses; in the following settings: Health and Human Services.
Asynchronous/Online Distance Learning; please see certificate details for specifics on delivery format.
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