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EXPLORING EVIDENCE: NURSING PRACTICE
Exploration of Evidence Sources
The practice problem focuses on correcting the high incidence of medication errors at the selected practice setting. From the nursing perspective, a medication error is any deviation from the procedures, policies, and best practices of medication administration (Albaradi et al., 2021). The nursing literature identifies a variety of strategies that healthcare organizations could use to minimize the risk of medication errors. These include conducting medication safety education for staff, installing alarm notification systems, investing in electronic systems that allow for seamless communication between physicians and pharmacists, and using physician order entries in place of handwritten prescriptions to enhance legibility (Albaradi et al., 2021). However, deciding on the best course of action requires an exploration of sources outside the medical field to obtain a holistic picture of how organizations in other industries have addressed similar problems and what challenges they have faced. This will ensure that the project team is better prepared to handle any challenges that may arise from implementing the selected solution.
Alternative Sources of Evidence Explored
To address the practice problem, the researcher kept their main focus on library databases related to the medical field, including BioMed Central, Cochrane, and the Journal of the American Medical Association. The researcher conducted a search using the following key words drawn from these PICOT question: medication errors, medication safety education, notification alarm AND reducing medication errors. These sources mainly provided information on what constitutes medication errors, the types of medication errors, causes, and strategies...…to be addressed for the strategy to effectively reduce risk in certain organizations. If the researcher relies fully on the evidence they obtain from nursing literature, they are likely to miss out on certain flaws in their medication safety program that may be vital in enhancing its overall effectiveness. Nursing literature limits itself to healthcare organizations, while general studies may focus on the workplace in general. Thus, the latter may present viable perspectives about a proposed program or intervention that may not have been studied in nursing literature.
Reference
Alrabadi, N., Shawagfeh, S., Haddad, R.,& Al-Faouri, I. (2021). Medication errors: A focus on nursing practice. Journal of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research, 12(1), 78-86.
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Stillwell, S., Fineout-Overholt, E., Mazurek, M., & Kathleen, W. (2010). Evidence-based practice: Step by step searching for the evidence. American Journal of Nursing, 110(5), 41-47.
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