title: Preventing and reporting drug administration errors.
abstract: Registered nurses are accountable for their actions and omissions when administering any medicines. However, the increasing pressures and demands placed on nurses can render them more prone to making drug errors. Critical incidents must be turned into positive situations, from which lessons are learnt and progress made.
authors.affiliation: Buckden Surgery, Cambridgeshire.
authors.forename: Chloe
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Copping
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008508:Medication Errors / Q000517:prevention & control*; D009729:Nursing; D012308:Risk Management / Q000379:methods*; D006113:United Kingdom