Question

Develop a training plan for Nurses for Medication Errors and the responsibility for implementing practice guidelines for organization policy.

Use the guideline topics below to prepare a two hours workshop and summarize the workshop strategies for Nurses.

1.) What are the expected outcomes of the training?

2.) Why you chose Nurse Medical Staff to pilot the change.

3.) Training Program Design to Teach Nurses on Medical Records

4.) Policy and Practice Guidelines

5.) Training Materials for Skill Development

6.) Specific Group to Successfully Apply Policy Guidelines

7.) Policy Changes to be Implemented in Mercy Medical Center

8.) The Importance of Mercy Medical Center Policy to Improve Quality of Care

9.) Advocate Importance of Role Nurses Will Play in Implementing Changes in Policy

10.) Interpret Complex Policy Consideration for Nurses with Respect and Clarity

Answer 1

1.ANSWER

.TRAINING PLAN FOR NURSES FOR MEDICATION ERRORS AND RESPONSIBILITY FOR IMPLEMENTING PRACTICE GUIDELINES FOR ORGANISATION POLICY

Medication error -A medication error is any preventable event that may cause or lead to inappropriate medication use or patient harm while the medication is int the control of the health care professional,patient or consumer.

Types of medication error

- wrong time of administration

-wrong preparation

wrong administration route

While preparing training plan the following guidelines to be followed. there are 10 strategies for preventing medication errors

*ensure the ten rights of medication administration . check right dosage, drug,patient . route ,frequency before administering drugs  

.*follow proper medication reconciliation procedures

* double check -or even -triple check procedures- it is a process where by another nurse onn the same shift or an incoming shift reviews all new orders to ensure each patients order is noted and transcribed correctly on the physician order and the medication record.

* have the physician or another nurse read it back

* consider using a name alert- some instiuitions use name alert to prevent similar sounding patient names from potential medication mix up

* place a zeroin front of decimalpoint to prevent adverse outcome for patient

* document everything

* ensure proper storage of medications for proper efficacy

*learn institutions medication administration policies , regulations and guidelines

* consider having a drug guide available at alltimes

2.ANSWER

WORKSHOP - It is defined as assembled group of 10 to 25 persons who share a common interest or problem. they meet together to improve their individual and skill of a subject through intensive study ,research, practice and discussion

ESSENTIAL FEATURES OF WORKSHOP

*It consists of series of meetings usually four or more with the emphasis on individual work with the work

* the total workshop may be divided into small groups and each group chooses chairman an a recorder *

*the experience and knowledge of group itself is used in deffining andsolvingproblems

* active involvement of each participant , towork and to learnfrompractical experience

METHODS USED IN WORKSHOP

GROUP DISCUSSION

Gives participants the chance to discusss and solve the problems of greatest interest to them.each member can find something in the experience of others that has a bearing on the questions of most interest to him will make his work more meaningful

PANEL DISCUSSIONS

Organizers and participants responsible for helping to find solutions to the problems selected.participants may act as groupleaders

OBJECTIVES OF WORKSHOP

* To achieve a higher cognitive objective and develop psychomotor skills  

THE SESSION OF WORKSHOP

a).session -1

the speaker has to disscuss about the expected outcome of values and reason for chosing medical staff to pilot the change

b) session -2

the second speaker has to talk about training program design to teach nurses on medicalrecords and policy and practice guidelines.

c) session -3

the third speaker has to arrange for training materials for skill development

d)session -4

the fourth speaker has to discuss about specific group to apply policy guidelines

e) session -5

the fifthspeaker has totalk about policy changes and importance of mercy medical center policy toimprove quality care

f) session-6

the sixth speaker has to discuus about impotance of role of nurses in implementing policy an d interpret complex policy consideration for nurses with respect and clarity.

All the above mentioned toipics should be discussed on workshop by planning proper timing for about two hours .it has to be arranged by an organiser of workshop