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Does a checklist reduce the number of errors made in nurse-assembled discharge prescriptions?
Byrne C, Sierra H, Tolhurst R. Br J Nurs. 2017;26:464-467.
Checklists can improve patient safety across multiple settings. This pre–post study found that use of a checklist to help nurses dispense medications upon hospital discharge led to a reduction in errors in discharge prescriptions.
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Changes in end-user satisfaction with computerized provider order entry over time among nurses and providers in intensive care units.
Hoonakker PL, Carayon P, Brown RL, Cartmill RS, Wetterneck TB, Walker JM. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2013;20:252-259.
This study used serial surveys over a 1-year period to assess changes in physician and nurse satisfaction with a new computerized provider order entry system. Though nurses expressed considerable dissatisfaction initially, their satisfaction improved over time, whereas physicians were only moderately satisfied with the system both initially and after gaining more experience.
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Prevalence of error-prone abbreviations used in medication prescribing for hospitalised patients: multi-hospital evaluation.
Dooley MJ, Wiseman M, Gu G. Intern Med J. 2012;42:e19-e22.
Approximately 1 in 12 prescriptions at 3 Australian teaching hospitals used abbreviations that are considered high-risk for misinterpretation.
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The incidence and nature of prescribing and medication administration errors in paediatric inpatients.
Ghaleb MA, Barber N, Franklin BD, Wong ICK. Arch Dis Child. 2010;95:113-118.
This study found a high incidence of medication prescribing and administration errors at five pediatric hospitals in the United Kingdom.
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Detection, classification, and correction of defective chemotherapy orders through nursing and pharmacy oversight.
Mertens WC, Brown DE, Parisi R, et al. J Patient Saf. 2008;4:195-200.
This study demonstrated that even with an existing computerized provider order entry system, defects in chemotherapy orders do occur and are largely attributable to incomplete orders requiring clarification.
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Nurse prescribing: reflections on safety in practice.
Bradley E, Hynam B, Nolan P. Soc Sci Med. 2007;65:599-609.
This qualitative study describes the views of nurses who engage in non-doctor prescribing and highlights their desire for greater collaboration and teamwork in fostering safe practice.
Journal Article > Review
Computerized provider order entry and prescribing and the evidence for safe practice: update for the clinical nurse specialist.
O'Malley P. Clin Nurse Spec. 2007;21:139-141.
The author discusses the evidence suggesting that computerized provider order entry (CPOE) improves safety, as well as factors associated with CPOE that increase risk for adverse drug events.
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Horus meets Nightingale in the modern age: how nursing communicates with pharmacy in HCIT era.
Armstrong I, Cox MA. Stud Health Technol Inform. 2006;122:585-586.
This qualitative study examines how the advent of information technology has influenced nursing communication with pharmacists, and discusses how prescribing systems should be structured to account for these factors.
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Use of a standardized protocol to decrease medication errors and adverse events related to sliding scale insulin.
Donihi AC, DiNardo MM, DeVita MA, Korytkowski MT. Qual Saf Health Care. 2006;15:89-91.
Investigators implemented a sliding scale insulin protocol and physician order form to standardize the delivery of insulin. They found the tool was used in 91% of orders and considerably reduced prescription errors and episodes of hyperglycemia.