Introduction
This week discussion speak of ethical and legal consequence of medication oversights. Medication management is there to facilitate or assist in the intervention strategies of prevention and management of various acute and chronic illness. During treatment, medication errors occur even though unintentional by health care workers. The purpose of the assignment consider the disclosure and nondisclosure of reporting medication errors as well as the ethical and legal faults.
Consider the ethical implications of disclosure and nondisclosure
Patients are admitted to the hospital on a daily basis putting their care and trust in the health care systems and their workers. Medication errors regularly occur in hospitals. Nevertheless, numerous …show more content…
Morbidity and mortality due to medication errors cost more than $136 billion per year in the United States. ( ). If I were practicing in a community clinic, and medication error transpired, my first honest feeling would be fear. How do I communicate the incident to the patient and what will be the result of my error. As mention in the scenario above, one day during medication administration my patient received Lopressor instead of Atenolol. In the process of taking out medication on two different patients, the mishap ensued. The doctor notified of the medication error. The doctor and I went to the patient, and I explained the mix-up with the medication. The patient ask me what did I learn from the experience. The question asked was certainly surprising coming from the patient. Do not rush, medicate one patient at a time to avoid errors and recheck each medication. The patient says yes, that is what she teaches her nursing student. I apologized several times over, and preferred to go home and hide. The IOM’s has implemented six "Aims for Improving Health Care Quality safe care, effective care, patient-centered care, timely care, efficient care and equitable care” (Wakefield, 2008). Nurse and practitioner should use the Quality Chasm report (The Six Aims) to guide and focus care in all health setting. Several years ago, a medical situation occurred and the doctor explained the incident. I respected my doctor for telling the truth and feel
This week discussion speak of ethical and legal consequence of medication oversights. Medication management is there to facilitate or assist in the intervention strategies of prevention and management of various acute and chronic illness. During treatment, medication errors occur even though unintentional by health care workers. The purpose of the assignment consider the disclosure and nondisclosure of reporting medication errors as well as the ethical and legal faults.
Consider the ethical implications of disclosure and nondisclosure
Patients are admitted to the hospital on a daily basis putting their care and trust in the health care systems and their workers. Medication errors regularly occur in hospitals. Nevertheless, numerous …show more content…
Morbidity and mortality due to medication errors cost more than $136 billion per year in the United States. ( ). If I were practicing in a community clinic, and medication error transpired, my first honest feeling would be fear. How do I communicate the incident to the patient and what will be the result of my error. As mention in the scenario above, one day during medication administration my patient received Lopressor instead of Atenolol. In the process of taking out medication on two different patients, the mishap ensued. The doctor notified of the medication error. The doctor and I went to the patient, and I explained the mix-up with the medication. The patient ask me what did I learn from the experience. The question asked was certainly surprising coming from the patient. Do not rush, medicate one patient at a time to avoid errors and recheck each medication. The patient says yes, that is what she teaches her nursing student. I apologized several times over, and preferred to go home and hide. The IOM’s has implemented six "Aims for Improving Health Care Quality safe care, effective care, patient-centered care, timely care, efficient care and equitable care” (Wakefield, 2008). Nurse and practitioner should use the Quality Chasm report (The Six Aims) to guide and focus care in all health setting. Several years ago, a medical situation occurred and the doctor explained the incident. I respected my doctor for telling the truth and feel