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An 8 page paper. This is a lesson plan for teaching nurses to teach other staff to teach mentally disabled patients to take their medication properly. The lesson begins with objectives and materials needed. The introduction offers data regarding medication errors. Technology solutions to this problem are discussed, e.g., bar coding. The author then discusses strategies for teaching this particular patient population to take their medication appropriately. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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8 pages (~225 words per page)
File: MM12_PGermed.rtf
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staff or CMAs to teach mentally disabled patients to administer their own medication. * Students will gain practical experience with technology solutions to reduce medication errors. * Students will be
able to develop their own lesson plan for teaching staff and CMAs to; 1.) use technology to reduce medication errors and 2.) teach mentally disabled patients to take their medication.
Evaluation of learning will be ongoing through observation, small group and large group discussions. Final evaluation will be based on lesson plan students develop. Materials and Equipment: *
One computer software application: Bridge Medication Management System. * Handouts. * Power Point presentation program. * Video of Bridge Medication Management System. * Bar coded medication containers. * Bar coded
patient identification. * Bar coded nurse identification badge. Introduction/Overview Lecture Begin by advising participants they can use the same lesson plan you are using to teach their staff members.
A medication error is defined as "any preventable event that may cause or lead to inappropriate medication use or patient harm while the medication is in the control of the
health care professional, patient, or consumer" (Meadows, 2003). In 1999, the Institute of Medicine issued a report that said" "more than 7,000 deaths each year are related to medications" (Meadows,
2003). The actual number is estimated to be much higher because these kinds of errors are not always reported (Meadows, 2003). Medication errors happen because staff are tired, because orders
are misunderstood and for many other reasons, many of which are just human error; they result in serious illness and in death. When that report was issued, the FDA immediately
got to work designing procedures and strategies to at least reduce the number of errors made (Meadows, 2003). One thing they did was to deny approval for any drug whose
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