This courseware covers error-statistics and common types of medication errors, recommendations for reducing
errors and the key elements of med-management policies and procedures. It also covers the nurse’s preventive
role, critical questions to ask patients and tips from the Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ).
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Target Audience:
- All Management, Staff and Patient Care Providers
COURSE OUTLINE
- Introduction to medication errors and statistics
- Review of common types of medication errors
- Recommendations for reducing medication errors
- Important elements of medication management policies and procedures
- Role of the nurses in medication error prevention
- 3 critical open-ended questions to ask patients that help reduce medication errors
- Role of patient education in medication error reduction
- AHRQ tips to reduce medication errors
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