NURS FPX 4020 Assessment 1 Improvement Plan In-Service Presentation

Hello everyone! My name is Katherine and today I will be presenting an improvement plan for the medication administration errors that occur in a healthcare facility. Medication errors have been increasing and they not only result in the organization spending billions of dollars due to it every year but can cause a life-threatening situation and distress in the patients. It has been estimated that about 7,000-9,000 people die each year in the US due to medication errors (Tariq et al., 2022).  In a recent case of a teenage cancer patient, Sam, who was admitted for a TPN infusion. The nurses after 5 hours of admission realized that she kept the rate at 190 mL/hr instead of 120 mL/hr which caused the patient to feel sick. Such situations demonstrate the facility’s failure and urge the need for an improvement plan that encourages the nurses to work together following a protocol providing safe administration and great quality of care to patients. 

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Purpose & Goals of In-Service Session Focussing on Safe Medication Administration

The in-service sessions focusing on safe medication administration will present the values of the organization to the working staff so a vision or goal of the facility is crystal clear. Such sessions would help the nurses find common ground between them as they will be working towards a united goal. Such sessions provide awareness and training to the staff helping them acquire the skills that would promote the safety of the patients.