NR 222 Week 5 Assignment; Questions & Activity: Summer
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| Institution | NR 222 Health and Wellness |
| Contributor | Avramovic |
Week 5 In-Class Activity: Medication Error
No matter where patients receive healthcare...in the hospital or clinic setting...nurses' play an essential role regarding medications and their delivery. Be it in the preparation, administration, or evaluation of the effects of the medication given, safety is key. Medication errors can cause a patient harm or even lead to their death. Medication errors can be caused by many factors, from the simplest of errors to a complex 'path' involving more than just the nurse. No matter the cause, the outcome is always the same. The patients' safety and well-being are put in jeopardy.
Please find below the link for a thought-provoking video on patient safety and nurse responsibility regarding medication administration.
Nurse Gwen Cox Learns from Her Patient Safety Mistake
The assignment:
- As you watch the video and put yourself in it. You are Gwen Cox. Someone you love deeply was that patient.
- Think about how the error occurred beginning in the med room to the bedside to the event that occurred after the medication was administered to the long-term consequences for both the nurse and the patient.
- Answer the following questions:
- How did Gwen Cox define the nurse-patient relationship?
- What unit was Gwen Cox working? Cardiac intensive care unit.
- Describe the patient. Patient had suffered a large heart attack.
- What was the ‘mood’ in the med room while Gwen drew up the medication?
- What happened in the patients’ room while the medication was being given?
- What was the medication error?
- What was the patients’ reaction?
- What was Gwen’s’ reaction to her teammate’s response to the situation?
- What did Gwen question after the med error?
- What ‘good’ came out of Gwen’s medication error?
- What did you take away from this video ‘future nurses’?
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| Term | Summer |
| Institution | NR 222 Health and Wellness |
| Contributor | Avramovic |
