Nurses' Responses to Medication Errors
- 1 October 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Journal of Nursing Care Quality
- Vol. 24 (4), 287-297
- https://doi.org/10.1097/ncq.0b013e3181a4d506
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to obtain a comprehensive understanding of how nurses respond to medication errors and identify strategies that nurses believe may improve reporting of these errors within hospitals. The findings suggest that nurses use a decision-making process when reporting medication errors. Medication error reporting may be improved by instituting a problem-solving approach to respectfully manage the event and providing nurses with clear guidelines, remedial education, and timely feedback.Keywords
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