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Medication Safety Made Simple
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Stop "knowledge creep"
Collaboration in Nursing Knowledge Expansion
Medical centers across the world continue to struggle with safe medication administration. According to the Institute of Medicine, 26% to 38% of medication errors occur during the medication administration process. Research has demonstrated significantly successful approaches to reduce medication errors, yet there are still those who think that a proven idea will automatically spread rapidly into the practice setting without much effort. This usually doesn't happen and certainly not without a concerted plan. The focus today needs to be on reducing "knowledge creep"—in which nurses gradually begin to see the need to change practices based on limited research and by word of mouth—by utilizing more evidence-based research that's demonstrated its effectiveness, closing the gap between available research and clinical nursing practice, and understanding planned change.
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Spotlight:
Low-Tech Safety
Hospitals have increasingly turned to advanced technology to help keep patients safe. But some providers are discovering that there are considerable virtues in simplicity.
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