YEAR/SECTION/GROUP: BSN 2/ Section 2C and 2D / Group 5

Name:LYKA JEAN SUBILLAGA Date: _________________

1. From the journal reviewed, write down contributory factors that could lead to medication error.

Cause-and-Effect Diagram: FISH BONE or ISHIKAWA DIAGRAM

Manpower (Personnel) Method (procedure)

* Inadequate training
* Poor Comprehension * Misinterpretation of prescription
* Misheard request order
* Delayed action * Dose miscalculation
* Unsafe labelling * Poor drug destruction practices
* Wrong routes error * Incorrect drug administration

* Iack of space MEDICATION

ERROR * Wrong equipment
* Inadequate lightning
* Unclear policies procedures * Inappropriate * Noise
* Communication breakdowns labelling of medication
* Unfavorable room
temperature
Measurement (Policies) Material (Equipment) Milieu (Environment)
2. Discuss nursing strategies on how to prevent medication error by considering
the following concepts. Cite samples.

2.1 Prescribing

Know the various risks and causes for medication errors

- As Soon as a nurse we should always check the medication, their risk,

adverse effect, so that we can educate the patient.

Find out what drug you're taking and what it is for

- Giving a medication we should know what drug were given, and it's
purpose of giving it to the patient.

Find out how to take the drug and make sure you understand the
directions

- Giving the drug we learn that how the drug going to take, also we
should know when or what time should give it to the patient for them to take
this.

Check the container's label every time you take a drug

- In taking a drug we should always check the name or the label of a

container, to ensure that the drug that were going to take is right.

2.2 Dispensing

* In this we should always check the prescription of the physician,

because there's sometimes changes in the dose, prescription in the patient.

2.3 Administration
 * Recheck the medication that going to be administered in the patient, it's
very risky if a nurse administered a wrong medication it might cause suffer in
the patient .

2.4 Monitoring

* Monitoring is very important role of a nurse, it always need to monitor

a patients response to a treatment, also it includes the monitoring of physical
and emotional, and identify patterns and trends.

3. Prepare a Nursing Care Plan for a 9 y/o, female complaining of mild to

moderate throat pain.

Assessment Diagnosis Planning Implementation Evaluation

Ask the 9 y/o (Pharyngitis) Prepare a Give the oral Ask the 9
female how oral medication to the y/o if still
Is a viral
long did this medication, 9 y/o female painful.
infection,
throat pain or a salt when she feel
such as cold
occur. water itching or painful
or flu.
gargling for in her throat.
soothing
effect.
Check the
throat of the
9 y/o