Nurses play an important part in ensuring medication safety because they are the last line of defense against medication errors; the last to double check that the right amount of the right medication goes to the right patient. To reduce the inevitable vulnerabilities in the medication delivery system and to keep patients from harm, Joint Commission Resources has introduced The Nurse's Role in Medication Safety. Each chapter provides the motivation and evidenced-based practices necessary to help other nurses improve medication safety in their own organizations. Authored by nurse experts, each chapter will show you how to: Develop effective medication reconciliation processes, Use technology such as smart pumps, CPOEs, and ADMs, Encourage nurses to report medication errors, Use teamwork, communication, and human factors engineering solutions, Reduce distraction during medication administration, Help reduce pediatric medication errors Book jacket.
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