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Medication Errors: An Overview

This lesson provides an overview of the consequences, incidence, causes, barriers, solutions, and nurse's responsibilities related to medication errors.

Learners will be able to:

Recognize the differences between acts of commission, acts of omission, and near misses;
Suggest ways nurses can reduce medication errors;

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Health Sciences / Nursing

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Material Type:: Tutorial
Date Added to MERLOT:: January 15, 2009
Date Modified in MERLOT:: July 3, 2019
Authors:: Paula Jarzemsky, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Sarah Kruger, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Submitter:: Eileen Horn
Primary Audience:: College Upper Division, Graduate School, Professional
Technical Format:: Website, Flash

Mobile Compatibility:: Not specified at this time
Language:: English
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Creative Commons:: This work is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States