{"id":132,"date":"2024-10-15T00:25:05","date_gmt":"2024-10-15T00:25:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iims.uthscsa.edu\/isrn\/?page_id=132"},"modified":"2024-11-08T20:41:25","modified_gmt":"2024-11-08T20:41:25","slug":"improvement-studies-medication-errors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iims.uthscsa.edu\/isrn\/improvement-studies\/improvement-studies-medication-errors\/","title":{"rendered":"Improvement Studies-Medication Errors"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3>The Impact of Cognitive Load, Interruptions, and Distractions on Procedural Failures and Medication Administration Errors<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Principal Investigator:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Lily Thomas, PhD, RN<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Co-Principal Investigator:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Patricia Donohue-Porter, PhD, RN<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Specific Aims:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>To identify the impact of interruptions and distractions on medication administration errors<\/li>\n<li>To design interventions that will assist in diminishing the impact of interruptions and distractions while administering medications<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Background and Significance:<\/h3>\n<p>Patient safety and quality improvement are clearly-stated national priorities (IOM, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004).\u00a0 Medication administration errors remain a central area of concern in the landscape of patient safety and quality. These errors remain a significant cause of mortality and morbidity and have been estimated to result in more than 7000 deaths nationally (IOM, 2006) and 96% of the errors were preventable (Picone et.al 2008). One third of errors harming patients occur at the medication administration stage; nurses safeguard up to 86% of all errors made by others in providing medications (Leape, 1995). However, medication administration has few safeguards because it is at end of process.<\/p>\n<h3>Research Design and Methods:<\/h3>\n<p>This multisite, two phase study will begin with a descriptive-correlational phase identifying and describing the relationship of various types of interruptions and distractions with the medication administration process. 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