Medication Safety. I will safeguard my medications and prescriptions. I understand that lost, stolen or damaged medication will not be replaced. I will store my medications in a safe, secure, locked place to prevent theft, loss or use by others. I will keep all medications away from children of any age. Allowing someone else to take your medication can make another person sick or cause them to die. These medications are prescribed for you and only you. We emphasize the safe use, storage, and disposal of all medications. Use mediation ONLY as directed.
Medication Safety. I prepared a fourth topic; however, due to the nursing strike and time constraints, the lecture was never given. The fourth topic covered the surgical indications, repairs, and post-operative complications that were being seen in the SCHD. The fourth lecture and post-test was included in the gifted bound copies that were left at the hospital at the end of the ten weeks. Conferences Proceedings All of the conferences took place in the month of July. The second topic, basic electro- cardiography, required two sessions. One week covered normal sinus rhythm, and the next session we worked through commonly seen arrhythmias. Even though the fourth topic, cardiac repairs, was never covered, it was recognized as a vital component for the nursing staff. Many were unaware of the underlying defect in their pediatric patients or the implications for surgery in both adult patients and pediatric patients. Time was spent at the bedside reviewing normal cardiac anatomy and explaining the pre-surgical condition of the patients with the nurses once the patient was stable. In the middle of the summer, the female nurses began seeking me out to ask questions about the patients’ conditions. They inquired about proper patient management and prognostic indicators for the pediatric patients. They would also ask me to help them interpret the arterial blood gas (ABG) results of the patients. ABG interpretation was not included in the curriculum. Attendance The ICU nurses and the xxxx nurses were required to attend the conferences. Other nurses from the heart hospital were invited but not required to attend. These included the anesthesia nurses, the perfusionist nurses, and the OR nurses. One of the anesthesia nurses came to the electrocardiography sessions. Unfortunately, the conferences could not be opened up to staff hospital-wide due to space constraints. Of the 18 nurses of the heart hospital, 14 came to the first session, including Head Nurse K. Five of the nurses completed all post-tests, 80% of these were ICU nurses. The ICU nurses had more consistent attendance. This was perceived to be due to shorter ICU stay when compared to the xxxx stay of the patients. Because surgery was not performed on Thursdays, often the ICU was empty by Thursday afternoon. A patient often stayed in the cardiac xxxx for a week or more post-operatively; therefore, it was more difficult for the xxxx staff to consistently attend the sessions. Eleven nurses, including one anesthesia nurse, took the ele...
Medication Safety. Objectives
Medication Safety. Medication Safety is a required, longitudinal learning experience. This rotation covers key aspects of medication safety including activities related to medication distribution, pharmacy informatics/automation, clinical systems development, regulatory standards, drug diversion, IV pump safety and medication event reporting. The rotation will allow the resident to interact with an inter-disciplinary team of nursing, physicians, senior management leaders, pharmacy management, quality/risk, supply chain, and pharmacy informatics. The resident will be involved with preparation and over-site of regulatory requirements as it pertains to perpetual readiness, participation in management meetings and decision making, review, follow up and education of medication safety events and process improvement efforts occurring throughout the learning experience. The resident will be expected to complete and compile data for regulatory requirements throughout the experience, including classification, follow up and reporting of medication events to the Medication Safety Subcommittee of the P&T Committee as well as the Quality Steering Committee. PGY2 INTERNAL MEDICINE PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS Residents, in order to obtain a certificate of PGY2 Internal Medicine completion, must have successfully completed and provide documentation of the following:
Medication Safety a broad category that includes complex medication regimens that require more frequent dispensing but also includes safety issues such as a patient history or risk of abuse, poor compliance, dependence, misuse or loss of belongings;
