Medication Error Discussion Homework

Handling a Medication Error as A Nursing Manager

The Discussion: 

  A nurse on a medical/surgical unit has made the same medication error two days in a row. As the nursing manager, describe how you would decide whether this is a systems problem or a problem related to the individual nurse. In either case, explain how you (the manager) should correct the problem.

• Must address the topic.
• Rationale must be provided.
• May list examples from your own nursing practice.
• 150-word minimum/250-word maximum without the references.
• Minimum of two references (the course textbook must be one of the references) in APA format, must have been published within last 3-5 years.
• Upload by  Wednesday week # 12
• Each student must respond to two student’s original post by day seven. This grade is a compilation of the original post and the response post. Please see the discussion topic rubric with responses in the course documents folder.