Medication Safety
Adverse drug events (ADEs) are a preventable medical error that takes hundreds of thousands of lives each year. As a vital member of the healthcare team, you the nurse, have a crucial role in enhancing medication safety and minimizing errors. Read this article to gain insight into the power of evidence- based practice and how its implementation can enhance safe medication administration.
Course Details
Overview
An estimated 400,000 Americans die each year because of medication errors and other preventable causes during their hospitalizations. Adverse drug events (ADEs) are a serious public health problem, and the CDC warns they are likely to increase. This article will dig deeper into evidenced-based practice (EBP), how to identify it, implementation of its guidelines, and optimization of medication safety through its use. Knowledgeable nurses are integral to the healthcare team and play a pivotal role in safe medication administration. When nurses are well-informed, medication errors can be prevented, improving patient outcomes.
Key Learning Outcomes
- Explain what determines best practice evidence in medication safety.
- Identify levels of scientific evidence considered in developing clinical practice guidelines.
- Describe drug development safety issues of concern to federal agencies.
Presented by:
Kim Kuebler, DNP, APRN, ANP-BC, FAAN
Kim Kuebler is an advanced practice provider at Advanced Disease Concepts, LLC, in Brunswick, Georgia.
