Nursing-Therapeutics in Health Care- Medication Safety-Assessment Answer
- Subject Code :
92433
- Country :
Australia
Task:
In preparation for clinical practice, you are required to write a report to demonstrate your
understanding of medication errors. You will need to identify three major reasons why
medication errors occur and explain why each of these reasons can lead to medication
errors. Support your explanation with evidence from the literature. Conclude the assignment
with how this information will inform your practice on your next clinical placement.
The layout of your report is to include
1. Introduction: background information on medication errors; significance of the
problem. This section must be supported by current quality evidenced based
literature.
2. Main body: use subheadings, one for each of the three factors and discuss why
these factors lead to medication errors and the impact on patient safety. This section
must be supported by current quality evidenced based literature.
3. Conclusion: describe how the evidence will inform your practice on clinical
placement and state three strategies that you as a registered nurse can use to
prevent medication errors. This section must be supported by current quality
evidenced based literature.
Your report will need to be supported by at least 6 quality evidence-based references
including two (2) from textbooks, three (3) from nursing journals and one (1) from an
Australian government/health website are used in this assessment item.
Please see the marking rubric for a detailed description of each section of the report.
There is also a template provided for your report.
