Download or read book The Nurse s Role in Medication Safety written by Laura Cima and published by Joint Commission Resources. This book was released on 2011-12 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written especially for nurses in all disciplines and health care settings, this second edition of The Nurses's Role in Medication Safety focuses on the hands-on role nurses play in the delivery of care and their unique opportunity and responsibility to identify potential medication safety issues. Reflecting the contributions of several dozen nurses who provided new and updated content, this book includes strategies, examples, and advice on how to: * Develop effective medication reconciliation processes * Identify and address causes of medication errors * Encourage the reporting of medication errors in a safe and just culture * Apply human factors solutions to medication management issues and the implementation of programs to reduce medication errors * Use technology (such as smart pumps and computerized provider order entry) to improve medication safety * Recognize the special issues of medication safety in disciplines such as obstetrics, pediatrics, geriatrics, and oncology and within program settings beyond large urban hospitals, including long term care, behavioral health care, critical access hospitals, and ambulatory care and office-based surgery

Download or read book Basic Medication Administration Skills written by Lena L. Deter and published by Delmar Thomson Learning. This book was released on 2006 with total page 660 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Basic Medication Administration Skills provides unlicensed assistive personnel with the basic knowledge and skills needed to perform medication administration safely and effectively under the clinical direction of the health care provider and supportive clinicians. The book is written specifically for a medication aide course or training for unlicensed direct care staff working in community settings such as those providing direct care for individuals with mental health and developmental disabilities, nursing assisting, long-term care facilities, nursing homes, residential care homes, assisted living facilities, home care, hospice, full-time residential programs, public and private schools, and physician's offices or practices.

Download or read book Administering Medications written by and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 571 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Medication Administration II written by Gaylene Bouska Altman and published by Delmar Pub. This book was released on 2003-07 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Containing approximately 500 minutes of step-by-step video, this video series is the perfect clinical tool for learning and reviewing critical nursing skills. Providing comprehensive coverage of skills from medication administration to hygiene and essential concepts such as drug safety principles, these videos are the perfect addition to any nursing program and were designed to specicially accompany Delmar's Fundamentals & Advanced Nursing Fundamentals: Caring & Clinical Decision-Making.

Download or read book Advances in Patient Safety written by Kerm Henriksen and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: v. 1. Research findings -- v. 2. Concepts and methodology -- v. 3. Implementation issues -- v. 4. Programs, tools and products.

Download or read book Nursing2022 Drug Handbook written by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins and published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. This book was released on 2021-03-04 with total page 2933 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE #1 Drug Guide for nurses & other clinicians...always dependable, always up to date! Look for these outstanding features: Completely updated nursing-focused drug monographs featuring 3,500 generic, brand-name, and combination drugs in an easy A-to-Z format NEW 32 brand-new FDA-approved drugs in this edition, including the COVID-19 drug remdesivir—tabbed and conveniently grouped in a handy “NEW DRUGS” section for easy retrieval NEW Thousands of clinical updates—new dosages and indications, Black Box warnings, genetic-related information, adverse reactions, nursing considerations, clinical alerts, and patient teaching information Special focus on U.S. and Canadian drug safety issues and concerns Photoguide insert with images of 439 commonly prescribed tablets and capsules

Download or read book Nursing Interventions Classification NIC written by Gloria M. Bulechek, PhD, RN, FAAN and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2012-11-01 with total page 638 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covering the full range of nursing interventions, Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC), 6th Edition provides a research-based clinical tool to help in selecting appropriate interventions. It standardizes and defines the knowledge base for nursing practice while effectively communicating the nature of nursing. More than 550 nursing interventions are provided - including 23 NEW labels. As the only comprehensive taxonomy of nursing-sensitive interventions available, this book is ideal for practicing nurses, nursing students, nursing administrators, and faculty seeking to enhance nursing curricula and improve nursing care. More than 550 research-based nursing intervention labels with nearly 13,000 specific activities Definition, list of activities, publication facts line, and background readings provided for each intervention. NIC Interventions Linked to 2012-2014 NANDA-I Diagnoses promotes clinical decision-making. New! Two-color design provides easy readability. 554 research-based nursing intervention labels with nearly 13,000 specific activities. NEW! 23 additional interventions include: Central Venous Access Device Management, Commendation, Healing Touch, Dementia Management: Wandering, Life Skills Enhancement, Diet Staging: Weight Loss Surgery, Stem Cell Infusion and many more. NEW! 133 revised interventions are provided for 49 specialties, including five new specialty core interventions. NEW! Updated list of estimated time and educational level has been expanded to cover every intervention included in the text.

Download or read book Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements written by American Nurses Association and published by Nursesbooks.org. This book was released on 2001 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pamphlet is a succinct statement of the ethical obligations and duties of individuals who enter the nursing profession, the profession's nonnegotiable ethical standard, and an expression of nursing's own understanding of its commitment to society. Provides a framework for nurses to use in ethical analysis and decision-making.

Download or read book Medication Errors written by Michael Richard Cohen and published by American Pharmacist Associa. This book was released on 2007 with total page 707 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this expanded 600+ page edition, Dr. Cohen brings together some 30 experts from pharmacy, medicine, nursing, and risk management to provide the most current thinking about the causes of medication errors and strategies to prevent them.

Download or read book Guidebook to Enteral Medication Administration written by Joseph Boullata and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Handbook of Drug Administration via Enteral Feeding Tubes 3rd edition written by Rebecca White and published by Pharmaceutical Press. This book was released on 2015-03-11 with total page 753 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With over 400 drug monographs, this book covers the technical, practical and legal aspects that you should consider before prescribing or administering drugs via enteral feeding tubes.

Download or read book Safety in Medication Use written by Mary Patricia Tully and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2015-08-18 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An estimated 1 in 20 patients are admitted to the hospital due to problems with their medication and 1 in 100 hospitalized patients are harmed due to medication errors during their stay. The prescribing of medications is the most common health care intervention and medication safety is relevant to all health care professionals and patients, in all

Download or read book Medication Administration II Routes of Administration DVD written by Delmar and published by Delmar Pub. This book was released on 2010-11 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a part of Delmar's Comprehensive Nursing Skills Video Series 2nd Edition, this eVideo is a valuable tool for learning and reviewing essential nursing skills. This video series is the perfect addition to any nursing program and a critical component in the overall package of fundamentals offerings, including theory and skills books.

Download or read book Preventing Medication Errors written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2006-12-11 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1996 the Institute of Medicine launched the Quality Chasm Series, a series of reports focused on assessing and improving the nation's quality of health care. Preventing Medication Errors is the newest volume in the series. Responding to the key messages in earlier volumes of the seriesâ€"To Err Is Human (2000), Crossing the Quality Chasm (2001), and Patient Safety (2004)â€"this book sets forth an agenda for improving the safety of medication use. It begins by providing an overview of the system for drug development, regulation, distribution, and use. Preventing Medication Errors also examines the peer-reviewed literature on the incidence and the cost of medication errors and the effectiveness of error prevention strategies. Presenting data that will foster the reduction of medication errors, the book provides action agendas detailing the measures needed to improve the safety of medication use in both the short- and long-term. Patients, primary health care providers, health care organizations, purchasers of group health care, legislators, and those affiliated with providing medications and medication- related products and services will benefit from this guide to reducing medication errors.

Download or read book Monthly Medication Tracker Log Book written by Alex Deveraux and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-05-11 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This medication tracking log book has an emergency contact info page followed by a 'sample' page noting a possible way of utilizing the variety of recording spaces. Each page hosts 15 individual medication spots as well as 31 day slots for marking off your administered doses. This journal has 100 pages for ample recording, should you take more than 15 medication doses per day you can extend your month to two pages. Write in your medications and mark off the boxes with ease. Features: 6" x 9" portable size Soft cream colored paper for ease on the eyes 15 medication slots per page 31 day check-off boxes per page 100 pages

Download or read book Medication Administration Booklet Phase II written by St. Mary's Hospital (Montréal, Québec). and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Practical Guide to Medicine Administration written by Rebecca Hayley Venables and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is important that medicines are administered correctly, in order to provide correct drug doses, yet not all healthcare professionals are expert in the area. This accessible book provides a definitive guide to best practice in administering medicinal formulations. Acting as a quick reference handbook for administration techniques in both the simulated and real practice environment, the book enables readers to advise patients on the correct use of their formulation. It covers the following formulation types: oral topical ocular aural nasal inhaled transdermal patches vaginal rectal. A Practical Guide to Medicines Administration is a key resource for both student and practising pharmacists who counsel and advise patients on the use of their medicines. It will also be a useful reference for nurses, nursing associates, assistant practitioners and healthcare assistants.