Prevention of Medical Errors

Course overview

The goal of this continuing education offering is to provide nurses with current information on the prevention of medical errors. After reading this article, you will be able to: 1. List factors that increase the risk of medical error occurrences. 2. Explain the key characteristics of a high reliability organization. 3. Discuss evidence-based strategies to decrease medication errors. 4. Describe the importance of communication and interdisciplinary healthcare teams in the prevention of errors. 5. Describe evidence based strategies to decrease alarm fatigue.