The daughter of an older frail patient recovering from receiving ...

[tiffannnnyyyyyy]

The daughter of an older frail patient recovering from receiving the wrong medication asks what the hospital can do to prevent this from happening again. How should the nurse respond to the daughter?
 
  1. There isn't much that can be done.
  2. Medication errors can't be avoided because we are short-staffed.
  3. It really depends on the physician's handwriting to understand what is ordered.
  4. We are planning to install a bar-code system to identify patients and medications.

Question 2

The nurse is planning an education program for other nurses on palliative care. Which information should the nurse include in the program? Standard Text: Select all that apply.
 
  1. Palliative care focuses on patients who are close to death.
  2. Palliative care can provide respite care for family members.
  3. Palliative care focuses on managing pain and troublesome symptoms.
  4. Palliative care focuses on providing surgeries and treatments to cure the illness.
  5. Palliative care can be delivered long-term and throughout all phases of treatment.

[Ashley I]

Answer to Question 1

4
Rationale: There is much that can be done to prevent medication errors. The use of computerized entry systems, monitoring of prescriptions by a clinical pharmacist, and identification of the correct patient and drug using bar-code technology are methods that have been shown to decrease the frequency of medication errors.

Answer to Question 2

2,3,5
Rationale: Hospice care focuses on patients who are close to death.

[tiffannnnyyyyyy]

Excellent

[gcook]

YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review