Dear Colleague,

Medication safety is more than just preventing administration errors. As nurses, we must also be alert to prescribing errors, dispensing errors, errors of omission, adverse reactions, and so much more. Take some time to read the articles in More Resources; you’ll find great strategies to help you protect patients from medication errors, including:

• Coping with and minimizing interruptions during medication administration
• Using mandatory double-check process for insulin, heparin, and warfarin
• Maintaining a civil workplace
• Reporting errors when they occur
• Using smart pumps
• Identifying teams to improve pediatric medication safety processes.

Coming soon… Focus On: Patient Safety, a new clinical resource collection which will include more articles on medication safety, as well as resources on patient handoffs, infections, pressure ulcers, falls, and more. Also, don’t miss our next issue about family issues, plus a new selection of articles and CEs.

Interruptions During the Delivery of High-Risk Medications Medication Room Madness: Calming the Chaos Spotlight On: Can Civility in Nursing Work Environments Improve Medication Safety? Getting to the Root of Medication Errors The Use of Smart Pumps for Preventing Medication Errors Pediatric Medication Safety: The Power of the Team

Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP
Clinical Editor

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