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Written especially for nurses in all disciplines and health care settings, this second edition of "The Nurses' Role in Medication Safety" focuses on the hands-on role nurses play in the delivery of care and their unique opportunity and responsibility to identify potential medication safety issues. Reflecting the contributions of several dozen nurses who provided new and updated content, this book includes strategies, examples, and advice on how to do the following: develop effective medication reconciliation processes; identify and correct repetitive error patterns; encourage the reporting of medication errors; apply teamwork, communication, and human factors solutions to medication management issues; address the ethical, moral, and legal aspects of medication safety; use technology (such as smart pumps and computerized prescriber order entry) to improve medication safety; and recognize the special issues of medication safety in disciplines such as obstetrics, pediatrics, geriatrics, and oncology and within program settings beyond the hospital, including long term care, behavioral health care, critical access hospitals, and ambulatory care and office-based surgery.
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- PublisherJoint Commission on
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 1599406187
- ISBN 13 9781599406183
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number2
- Number of pages165
- EditorLaura, R. N. Cima, Sean, R.N., Ph.D. Clarke
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