NHS FPX 4000 Assessment 2 Attempt 1 Applying Research Skills

 

One of the most significant problems in healthcare today is the occurrence of medication errors. Although a well-researched and preventable issue, medication errors continue to take place across the divide. While there is no uniform definition of a medication error, it is generally defined as any preventable event that may cause or lead to inappropriate medication use or patient harm while the medication is in the control of the healthcare professional, patient, or consumer. We all must do our part to prevent medication errors as it is crucial to safe, quality patient care.

I have only been a Registered Nurse for two months now, but I’ve been a Licensed Practical Nurse for over eight years and regardless of my title or duties, I always want to give top-quality care. This issue is important to me because I want to do my best to be a part of the solution. While humans are prone to error, Medication errors are preventable and I would like to do everything in my power to minimize my chances of making any and causing harm. 

Ensuring the prevention of medication errors to the best ability is essential for 

providing quality care.

Ensuring the prevention of medication errors to the best ability is essential for 

providing quality care.

Identifying Academic Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

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I utilized a search engine called Summon to search through Capella University’s Library database. Through Summon, I was able to access articles carried by databases such as PubMed Central and CINAHL complete. I used “medication errors,” “medication safety” and “medication administration” as keywords to search for peer-reviewed literature pertinent to my topic. I also used the advanced search filter to narrow down and really specify my results by selecting things like “articles in English,” “peer-reviewed journals” and typing in my preferred publication 

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date ranges. I also used Google to find peer-reviewed journal articles. However, I cross checked everything I found on google via the Capella University Summon database.

Assessing Credibility and Relevance of Information Sources

In order to confirm my sources credibility, I chose only peer-reviewed journal articles that were published between 2017 and 2022. I also made a point to only select sources published by well – known authors who had substantial professional experience in their perspective healthcare fields. To ensure that my sources were applicable to my topic, I read through each article carefully to confirm that they contained accepted facts and collective conclusions on issues relating to medication errors. Finally, I made sure that each one of my sources had a clearly defined purpose and contained pertinent information in relation to medication errors.

Annotated Bibliography

Gates, P. J., Baysari, M. T., Mumford, V., Raban, M. Z., & Westbrook, J. I. (2019). Standardizing the Classification of Harm Associated with Medication Errors: The Harm Associated with Medication Error Classification (HAMEC). Drug Safety, 42(8), 931–939. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40264-019-00823-4  In this article, the authors express concern over the diversity in the definitions of and methods used for classifying medication-related harm in hospitals. They discuss the comparisons of the severity of medication-related harm across studies and clinical settings and how they are limited by inconsistency in the tools used for the classification of medication-related harm. The authors concluded that a new tool called the “Harm Associated with the Medication Error Classification (HAMEC) tool, used to label and define levels of medication-related harm, should be used because it has clear definitions and does not include 

examples of error, harm or treatments, which are prone to misinterpretation. I selected this article because it highlights a major issue in relation to medication errors in that there is no widely accepted definition, leaving too much room for interpretation and fault in error

Linden-Lahti, C., Takala, A., Holmström, A. R., & Airaksinen, M. (2021). What Severe Medication Errors Reported to Health Care Supervisory Authority Tell About Medication Safety? Journal of Patient Safety, 17(8), e1179–e1185. https://doi.org/10.1097/pts.0000000000000914