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Lippincott's guide to preventing medication errors / Amy M. Karch.
Holman Biotech Commons RM146 .K37 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Karch, Amy Morrison, 1949-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Medication errors.
- Nursing.
- Medication Errors--prevention & control.
- Medical Subjects:
- Medication Errors--prevention & control.
- Genre:
- Handbooks and manuals.
- Physical Description:
- x, 372 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Other Title:
- Guide to preventing medication errors
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia, Pa. : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, [2003]
- Summary:
- Learn to avoid or to address medication errors by focusing on the five "rights" of nursing drug administration: the right patient, the right drug, the right dose, the right route, and the right time. Introductory chapter explains what drugs are and how they work, and the role of nurses in drug administration. Actual medication errors are interspersed throughout the text, presented as case examples, and supported by a comprehensive index, including court cases, drug names, and types of errors. Also offers several appendices, including dangerous drug interactions, antidotes for poisoning and overdose, common pharmacologic abbreviations, and a quick-reference conversion chart.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 1582551855
- OCLC:
- 50511280
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