High-alert Drugs: Strategies for Safe I.V. Infusions
by Robin Donohoe Dennision, RN, DNP, CCNS
Expiration Date: December 31, 2008. No CE contact hours (CH) will be given after this date.
This purpose of this independent study is to provide registered nurses with evidence-based strategies for preventing errors when infusing drugs, particularly high-alert drugs.
Objectives:
- State how medication errors meet the criteria for improvement in health care quality.
- Describe the relationship between medication errors and I.V. infusions.
- Discuss how to use evidence-based strategies to prevent infusion-related medication errors.
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Author
Robin Donohoe Dennision, RN, DNP, CCNS, is Assistant Professor of Clinical Nursing at the University of Cincinnati College of Nursing in Cincinnati, Ohio.
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