Safe Medication Practices

This program covers the following topics:

Phases of a medication use system

Why medication errors occur

Seven 'rights' of medication administration

Human factors engineering and prevention of errors

 

LEARNER OBJECTIVES

 

Upon completing this self-study program you should be able to:

-Define ‘medication error’.

-Identify the five phases in a medication use system.

-Correlate common factors that contribute to medication errors to current practice and develop simple steps that can reduce medication errors in daily practice.

-Discuss the role of human factor engineering in identifying causes of errors and practice changes that can reduce errors.

-Explore the ‘seven rights’ of medication administration and other principles of medication administration to promote patient safety.

-Recognize the six most common types of medication errors.

-Explain the responsibilities of the licensed nurse in the delegation and supervision of medication administration to unlicensed personnel.

-Implement safe medication practices into his/her daily medication responsibilities.

-Collaborate with fellow practitioners and facility management to institute a safer medication use system.

 

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Self-study module - Ebook in PDF

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PowerPoint CD-ROM version for self-study

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Instructor slides (PowerPoint format) CD-ROM

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Printed self-study packet (for volume discounts contact NurseLearn at:

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Complete Instruction Set 

(4-CD set includes one self-study module on CD in Ebook format with reproducible test and scoring guidelines, interactive self-study CD-ROM, Instructor Slides and lesson plan for classroom presentation, learning reinforcement game ideas, Mind Maps and bonus word games useful for testing or learning reinforcement).

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Instruction Mini-Kit

All the same great training material EXCEPT the self-study module, contained on 3 CD's.  Test, lesson plan, Mind Maps, and word games in Word© format and ready to print. Self-study CD and instructor slides in PowerPoint©

$35

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