Essay On Medication Errors In Nursing

The assessment needs of the client are based on the need to have medication in a long term nursing setting. The majority of clients that are in a skilled nursing setting need medication, and they cannot take it on their own while they are there. They cannot have medications in their rooms. The nurses or TMAs give the clients their medications when they need them. Many clients rely on the staff that handles the medications to make sure that they are the right medications, the right dose, right route, right time, and that they are getting the medications like the doctors have ordered. Medication error preventions, is important to do a project on because there are many medication errors that occur throughout a quarter of a year or even a year …show more content…
It will cover the ways that the nurse will take the order and what to do when getting the order from the doctor over the telephone or even a fax that is not understood. It will cover the 6 rights of the patient, how to do the three checks of a medication even when the person has worked with the same patient several times, how to write a medication order, and what to do if a patient refused a medication. These are some of the important points that need to be gone over to help prevent medication error. It is startling to think of the number of medication errors in nursing homes that occur repeatedly and go unnoticed (Nursing Home Law Center,2016). These errors can result in complications such as suppressed appetite, incontinence, dementia, confusion, fractures, and falls (Nursing Home Law Center, 2016). One of the major issues impacting patients is medical malpractice involving medical errors (Nursing Home Law Center,