title: Medication errors in a rural hospital.
abstract: The purpose of this investigation was to compare and contrast three nursing shifts in a small rural Midwestern hospital with regard to the number of reported medication errors, the units on which they occurred, and the types and severity of errors. Results can be beneficial in planning and implementing a quality improvement program in the area of medication administration with the nursing staff.
authors.affiliation: FNP Program, University of Illinois at Chicago, Moline, IL, USA.
authors.forename: Bharathi
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Madegowda
authors.forename: Pamela D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Hill
authors.forename: Mary Ann
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Anderson
mesh_terms: D015984:Causality; D004282:Documentation; D006780:Hospitals, Rural / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D007087:Illinois; D015994:Incidence; D008508:Medication Errors / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008510:Medication Systems, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration; D020380:Needs Assessment / Q000458:organization & administration; D015401:Nursing Administration Research; D009731:Nursing Audit; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010607:Pharmacy Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012308:Risk Management; D013997:Time Factors; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000458:organization & administration