| The Application of Aronson's Taxonomy to Medication Errors in Nursing. | |
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PMID: 20798639 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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Medication administration is a frequent nursing activity that is prone to error. In this study of 318 self-reported medication incidents (including near misses), very few resulted in patient harm-7% required intervention or prolonged hospitalization or caused temporary harm. Aronson's classification system provided an excellent framework for analysis of the incidents with a close connection between the type of error and the change strategy to minimize medication incidents. Taking a behavioral approach to medication error classification has provided helpful strategies for nurses such as nurse-call cards on patient lockers when patients are absent and checking of medication sign-off by outgoing and incoming staff at handover. |
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Authors:
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Maree Johnson; Helen Young |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Journal of nursing care quality Volume: 26 ISSN: 1550-5065 ISO Abbreviation: J Nurs Care Qual Publication Date: 2011 Apr-Jun |
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Created Date: 2011-03-04 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9200672 Medline TA: J Nurs Care Qual Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 128-35 Citation Subset: IM; N |
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Centre for Applied Nursing Research, School of Nursing & Midwifery, College of Health & Science, University of Western Sydney, Penrith South DC, New South Wales, Australia. |
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