The accuracy in verifying medication plays an important role in providing quality care as a health care provider. According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, a medication error is defined as “any preventable event that may cause or lead to inappropriate medication use or patient harm while the medication is the control of the health care professional, patient, or consumer”(Medication Errors Related to Drugs, 2016). Any mistakes in the distribution system of medicines, involving four types – prescribing, transcription or interpretation, preparation (repackaging or dispensing), and administering or monitoring, can lead to cause at least one death every day.
A case of a 65-year-old female named Loretta Macpherson, who died after a medication …show more content…
“There is often a barrage of emotions from doubt, self-blame, sleep loss, lack of job confidence, anxiety, embarrassment, guilt, and remorse”(Wolf, Z. R., 2009). Professionally, one may face “probation, suspension, termination, or criminal prosecution” (Wolf, Z. R., 2009). Any occurrence these consequences can lead to a better impact in which the health care provider is more aware and cautious about each step prior to administration. An error affects both patient and health care provider; however, it is still the provider’s responsibility to adhere to the rights of the patient – the right time, route, amount, medication, documentation, and refusal, while providing critical …show more content…
Burnout is a cause for many errors in the medical field, that can lead to the malpractice of nonmaleficence and beneficence. According to FDA, common causes also include “poor communication,…poor procedures or techniques” (Medication Error Reports, 2016). Studies done by John Hopkins Medicine researchers say that medical errors is “the third leading cause of death in the United States” (Allen, M., & Pierce, 2016). They had concluded that “more than 250,000 Americans die each year from medical errors” (Allen, M., & Pierce, 2016), leaving it behind twice the amount of lives that were lost in 2014 from heart disease and cancer. Proper staffing that can cause improvement with appropriate shift hours decreases workload, along with encouraging good communication implementation may reduce the chances of compelling medical
A case of a 65-year-old female named Loretta Macpherson, who died after a medication …show more content…
“There is often a barrage of emotions from doubt, self-blame, sleep loss, lack of job confidence, anxiety, embarrassment, guilt, and remorse”(Wolf, Z. R., 2009). Professionally, one may face “probation, suspension, termination, or criminal prosecution” (Wolf, Z. R., 2009). Any occurrence these consequences can lead to a better impact in which the health care provider is more aware and cautious about each step prior to administration. An error affects both patient and health care provider; however, it is still the provider’s responsibility to adhere to the rights of the patient – the right time, route, amount, medication, documentation, and refusal, while providing critical …show more content…
Burnout is a cause for many errors in the medical field, that can lead to the malpractice of nonmaleficence and beneficence. According to FDA, common causes also include “poor communication,…poor procedures or techniques” (Medication Error Reports, 2016). Studies done by John Hopkins Medicine researchers say that medical errors is “the third leading cause of death in the United States” (Allen, M., & Pierce, 2016). They had concluded that “more than 250,000 Americans die each year from medical errors” (Allen, M., & Pierce, 2016), leaving it behind twice the amount of lives that were lost in 2014 from heart disease and cancer. Proper staffing that can cause improvement with appropriate shift hours decreases workload, along with encouraging good communication implementation may reduce the chances of compelling medical