Documente Academic
Documente Profesional
Documente Cultură
Evaluates nursing care outcomes through the acquisition of data and questioning of
inconsistencies.
The details concerning the two instances of medication errors had to be gathered and
appraised to find either gaps in protocols or procedures or to evaluate whether human
mistakes played a greater part. The data I used did not include the patients own role in
the medication error, but rather the nurses culpability in these situations.
Professionalism
This assignment educated me on the legal limits Patients not fully disclosing or knowing
their medications they take at home is a common problem. When you add the fact that a
patient has significant mental disease, experiences chronic pain or the patient is abusing
prescription drugs, the situation becomes dangerous for the healthcare staff and the patient.
It is vital that as an advocate for patient health, a nurse must establish trust and educate their
patients on the dangers of polypharmacy.