Course Code: REL-ACU-0-MEDEP
Hours: 1
Type: Online Course
Content Expiration Date: 12/31/2025
Learning Objectives:
Discuss how a culture of patient safety influences reporting and resolving errors.
Define the types of medical errors and their impact on healthcare.
Explain strategies to reduce medication errors.
Outline:
Section 1: Introduction
About This Course
Learning Objectives
Section 2: Medical and Medication Errors
Examples
Definitions
Impact of Medication Errors
Causes
Risk Factors
Vulnerable Populations
Highest Prevalence
Errors in Administration
Errors in the Pharmacy
Errors Independent of Medication Selection
Section 3: Medical Error Reporting
Classification of Medication Errors
Reporting Medication Errors
Change in Perspective
Healthcare Culture
Investigating Medical Errors
RCA Actions
Section 4: Preventing Medication Errors
Tools
Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP)
The Joint Commission (TJC)
Minimize Distractions
Minimize Distortions in Medication Orders
Additional Strategies
Section 5: Clinical Vignette
Section 6: Conclusion
Course Summary
Course Contributor(s)
Resources
References
Subject Matter Expert: Cathryn Ayers, RN
Cathryn Ayers, RN, MSN has nearly 10 years of critical care experience. She was active in multiple committees to improve patient safety, executed staff education activities, and managed the new graduate orientation program for those entering intensive care units. Cathryn obtained a license for massage and bodywork therapy in 2012 and graduated from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in 2016 with a Master of Science in Nursing Education. She has provided telephonic case management services and developed program materials to facilitate positive outcomes for people with rare conditions across the United States. Cathryn has a passion for teaching and helping others to be their best.
Target Audience:
The target audience for this course is: Medical Providers; Nursing Personnel; Pharmacists; Social Workers; in the following settings: Hospitals: Acute.
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Course Delivery Method and Format
Asynchronous Distance Learning with interactivity which includes quizzes with questions/answers, and posttests.