Effectiveness of planned teaching programme on knowledge regarding medication errors among nursing students

Abstract

A medication error is a failure in the treatment process that leads to, or has the potential to lead to, harm to the patient. Medication error can occur in deciding which medicine and regimen to use, writing the prescription, manufacturing the formulation, dispensing the formulation, administering or taking the medicine, monitoring therapy. They can be classified, using a psychological classification of errors, as knowledge, rule, action, and memory-based errors. Reporting of errors should be encouraged by creating a blame free, non-punitive environment.