title: Strategies to decrease medication errors.
abstract: Medication errors present a significant hazard to patient safety and have been increasingly in the news as studies correlate the nursing shortage and patient death. This article discusses strategies to decrease medication errors and increase patient safety during medication administration.
authors.affiliation: Division of Nursing, Bethel College, 1001 West McKinley Avenue, Administration Building, Room 221, Mishawaka, IN 46545, USA.
authors.forename: Ruth
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Davidhizar
authors.forename: Giny
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lonser
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D006801:Humans; D008508:Medication Errors / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008510:Medication Systems, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017064:Process Assessment, Health Care; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D017751:Safety Management / Q000379:methods*; D014481:United States