33826 Medication Safety: Preventing Errors and Protecting Patients

Course overview

Nurses need education on systems vs. individual medication error prevention, approved and unapproved abbreviations, look-alike, sound-alike drugs, and methods to prevent medication errors. This education can lead to less medication errors and fewer sentinel events. This program discusses preventing medication errors. Topics include common causes and effects of medication errors; common medication errors; the dangers of unapproved abbreviations and look-alike, sound-alike drugs; and best practices and methods to prevent medication errors.