INSTRUCTIONS
Follow these guidelines when completing each component of the discussion. Contact your course faculty if you have questions.
General Instructions
Include the following sections:
- Application of Course Knowledge: Answer all questions/criteria with explanations and detail.
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- Describe a current safety concern in your practice environment.
- Explain one HIT that could be applied to address the concern.
- Explain how it could be applied to enhance safety.
- Identify at least one possible unintended consequence of adopting the HIT.
- Discuss at least one strategy for mitigating the unintended consequence.
ANSWER
My practice environment faces a high risk of medication errors. The rate at which medication errors are occurring is a concern. The medication errors range from prescribing, wrong time, omission, incorrect route administration, to wrong dose. This concern will mean that patients will stay in the hospital longer because they will likely develop more problems because of medication errors. Medication errors can be avoided if a nurse adheres to the …. To access full answer, use the purchase button below.