Premise: The Nursing Action-plan on the use and sustainability of Barcode Medication Administration
Problem Statement
According to Aiken et al. (2012), the concern regarding patients’ safety is a global issue and not concentrated to particular hospitals. The study by Van Den Bos et al. (2011) describes some of the means through which patients could be injured such as ineffectual sharing of information among clinicians, delayed treatment, and sometimes misapplication of health technology just to mention a few. To this end, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) in the United States has continued to provide monetary assistance over the years towards research relating to patient safety as noted by Wang et al. (2014). According
Problem Statement
According to Aiken et al. (2012), the concern regarding patients’ safety is a global issue and not concentrated to particular hospitals. The study by Van Den Bos et al. (2011) describes some of the means through which patients could be injured such as ineffectual sharing of information among clinicians, delayed treatment, and sometimes misapplication of health technology just to mention a few. To this end, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) in the United States has continued to provide monetary assistance over the years towards research relating to patient safety as noted by Wang et al. (2014). According