Keywords

healthcare providers, medication administration, medication errors, medication reconciliation, medication safety

Authors

1. McIntyre, Lora J. MSN, RN
2. Courey, Tamra J. MSN, RN, CS

Abstract

Safe medication administration continues to be challenging for healthcare providers as evidenced by the escalating occurrences of actual and potential errors. Creating a safe medication environment requires an interdisciplinary approach and use of evidence-based practice recommendations for safe medication administration.