Question

Identifies at least six areas where the med administration policy and procedure not being followed. (4 points)

Describes the process for updating policies. (3 points)

Lists types of information available from the med error report. (2 points)

Identifies structured fields that should be added to the incident report. (3 points)

Analyzes and compares fields available from the raw data with fields on the incident report. Describes why there may be differences. (3 points)

Conducts an audit of five incident reports in the EHR. (5 points)

Answer 1

1. The medication administration policies not being followed during the following situations a)staffing inadequacy b) excessive work load c) fatigue d) illegible provider handwriting e) flawed dispensing f) inadequate staff education

2. The steps following for policy updates

#audit the policies and procedures once in 2 months

#select procedures are used frequently

#propose changes

# practice the changes by eviDence based practice

# review and revise the written policy

3. Information which we can acquired are

It can act as both primary and secondary data for validation and improvements of quality care

And it is a structured data for quality assesment