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Why are mental health nurses still continuing to make drug errors?
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Why are mental health nurses still continuing to make drug errors? INTRODUCTION Administration of medicines is a key element of nursing care. Every day some 7000 doses of medication are administered in a typical NHS hospital (Audit commission 2002a). Drug administration forms a major part of the clinical nurse's role. Medicines are prescribed by the psychiatrists and dispensed by the pharmacist but responsibility for correct administration rests with the registered mental health nurse (O'Shea 1999). Each registered nurse is accountable for his/her practice. This practice includes preparing, checking and administering medications, updating knowledge of medications, monitoring the effectiveness of treatment, reporting adverse drug reactions and teaching patients about the drugs that they receive (O'Shea 1999). The patient is expected to receive the correct medication at each drug round but several studies have shown that this is not always the case (Ferner 1995). Medication errors do occur and are a persistent problem associated...
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