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9781582551852

Lippincott's Guide to Preventing Medication Errors

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  • ISBN13:

    9781582551852

  • ISBN10:

    1582551855

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2002-11-01
  • Publisher: Spring House
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Summary

Learn to avoid or to address medication errors by focusing on the five "rights" of nursing drug administration: the right patient, the right drug, the right dose, the right route, and the right time. Introductory chapter explains what drugs are and how they work, and the role of nurses in drug administration. Actual medication errors are interspersed throughout the text, presented as case examples, and supported by a comprehensive index, including court cases, drug names, and types of errors. Also offers several appendices, including dangerous drug interactions, antidotes for poisoning and overdose, common pharmacologic abbreviations, and a quick-reference conversion chart.

Table of Contents

Consultants vii
Preface ix
Issues in safe medication practice
1(28)
Role of the nurse in drug management
29(15)
The right patient
44(59)
The right drug
103(52)
The right dose
155(57)
The right route
212(82)
The right time
294(22)
Righting the wrong
316(46)
Appendices
A. Antidotes for poisoning and overdose
344(8)
B. Antidotes for vesicant extravasation
352(2)
C. Dialyzable drugs
354(6)
D. Adverse reactions misinterpreted as age-related changes
360(2)
Index 362

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