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NURS FPX4020 Assessment1 1.docx(1 NURS-FPX 4020 Enhancing Quality and Safety NURS-FPX4020 Capella University Abstract The purpose of this paper is to address safety issues regarding medication... administration errors and what steps nurses can take to prevent these errors and enhance patient safety. There are several types of med errors such as, administering medications at the wrong time, using the wrong technique, missing a dose, administering to a wrong patient, following verbal orders of a physician etc. (Izadpanah, et al. 2018). In order to enhance quality and safety of patient care, it is beneficial to adjust care practices to the standards of the Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) Collaboration which has been the blueprint for nurses since 2005 (Altmiller, et al. 2019). This article will address inappropriate medication dosage and technique. The Institute for Healthcare Improvement case study: One dose, fifty pills, will be utilized for review of safety issues and MAEs. For article purposes, medication administration error will be used interchangeably with MAE. One dose, Fifty pills In this case study by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement a medication error reaches a patient and fortunately does minimal harm. An intern was instructed by his senior resident to give a patient recently admitted one gram of steroids. After rounding on his patients and doing some math, the intern ordered 50 (25mg) pills to be given to the patient orally. The pharmacist reviewed the order and contact. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . [Show More]

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