title: Nursing Strategies to Increase Medication Safety in Inpatient Settings.
abstract: Using data obtained through 2 multidisciplinary studies focused on medication safety effectiveness, this article provides nursing recommendations to decrease medication delivery errors. Strategies to minimize and address interruptions/distractions are proposed for the 3 most problematic time frames in which medication errors typically arise: medication acquisition, transportation, and bedside delivery. With planned interventions such as programmed scripts and hospital-based protocols to manage interruptions and distractions, patient safety can be maintained in the inpatient setting.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing (Dr Bravo), College of Pharmacy (Dr Cochran), University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha. Mr Barrett was affiliated with institute for Clinical Outcomes Research during this study.
authors.forename: Katherine
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bravo
authors.forename: Gary
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cochran
authors.forename: Ryan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Barrett
mesh_terms: D006761:Hospitals / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008508:Medication Errors / Q000451:nursing / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008509:Medication Systems / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends*; D061214:Patient Safety / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data