how to write NHS-FPX4000 Assessment 2 Topic 3: Medication Errors

Short Description:

A medication error is a preventable adverse effect of a patient taking the wrong medication or dosage, whether or not it is evident or harmful to the patient. Medication errors can be a source of serious patient harm, including death.

Potential Intervention Approaches:

• Medical staff education
• Packaging improvements
• Patient medication safety training

Keywords for Articles:

medication administration, medication errors, medication safety

References:

Cohen, M. (2016). Medication errors (miscellaneous). Nursing. 46(2):72, February 2016. DOI: 10.1097/01.NURSE.0000476239.09094.06

Institute for Healthcare Improvement. (2017). Improve Core Processes for Administering Medications. http://www.ihi.org/resources/Pages/Changes/ImproveCoreProcessesforAdministeringMedications.aspx

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. (2012). Table 6: Categories of Medication Error Classification. http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/match/matchtab6.html

Schmidt, K., Taylor, A., & Pearson, A. (2017). Reduction of medication errors: A unique approach. Journal of Nursing Care Quality. 32(2), April/June 2017, 150–156.

NHS-FPX4000 Assessment 2 Topic 4: Healthcare System Errors

Short Description: 

The health care system in the United States has been the subject of much debate as experts try to determine the best way to deliver high-quality care.

In Crossing the Quality Chasm, the Institute of Medicine (2001) called for the redesign of health care delivery systems and their external environments to promote care that is safe, effective, patient-centered, timely, efficient, and equitable.

Potential Intervention Approaches:

• Systemwide transformation
• Process redesign
• Electronic health records

Keywords for Articles:

multi-stakeholder collaboration, healthcare system redesign

References:

Institute of Medicine (US) Committee on Quality of Health Care in America. (2001). Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century. Washington (DC): National Academies Press (US).Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

(2017). Hospitals and Health Systems. http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/systems/index.html

Roberts, B. (2017). Relationship-based care: The institute of medicine’s core competencies in action. Creative Nursing, 05/2016, 22(2).

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• How do you approach a problem or issue within your organization? How often do you need credible information to solve a personal or professional problem? Credible information is information that is trustworthy.
• One of the best sources for credible information is the professional literature of the field you are studying; in your case, health care.
• Professional literature is research that has been written and reviewed by other people in your field.

The following resources can help you as you complete your research and seek out professional literature on a health care topic.

• • Gennaro, S. (2016). Why write? Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 48(2), 117.
  • National Institutes of Health, U.S. National Library of Medicine. (2017). Evidence-based practice and health technology assessment. Retrieved from https://www.nlm.nih.gov/hsrinfo/evidence_based_practice.html
  • Rollins, J. A. (2017). Healthcare: It’s “so complicated.” Pediatric Nursing, 43(2), 58, 102.

Each of the following Research Guides is written with a specific program in mind. The one for your program can provide insights about researching topics related to your field.

• • Nursing (BSN) Library Research Guide.
  • Public Health Undergraduate Library Research Guide.
  • Health Care Administration Undergraduate Library Research Guide.

The following resources provide specific information about annotated bibliographies.

• • What Not To Do: Source Material for the Annotated Bibliography | Transcript.
  • Sample Annotated Bibliography [PDF].