Lippincott's Guide to Preventing Medication Errors

Lippincott's Guide to Preventing Medication Errors
ISBN-10
1582551855
ISBN-13
9781582551852
Category
Medical
Pages
372
Language
English
Published
2003
Publisher
Springhouse Publishing Company
Author
Amy Morrison Karch

Description

Learn to avoid or to address medication errors by focusing on the five "rights" of nursing drug administration: the right patient, the right drug, the right dose, the right route, and the right time. Introductory chapter explains what drugs are and how they work, and the role of nurses in drug administration. Actual medication errors are interspersed throughout the text, presented as case examples, and supported by a comprehensive index, including court cases, drug names, and types of errors. Also offers several appendices, including dangerous drug interactions, antidotes for poisoning and overdose, common pharmacologic abbreviations, and a quick-reference conversion chart.

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