Nursing Guide for Medication Safety
Nursing Guide for Medication Safety
The Main Learning Objectives
To identify the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP), specify its role, and list the 3 main sources from which they collect data on drugs
To identify the website with the most updated list of high-alert medications
To define high-alert medications
To recognize look-alike-sound-alike (LASA) drugs that are most likely to be encountered in clinical practice
To state why anti-thrombotics are used in clinical practice and identify conditions that require treatment with anti-thrombotic medications
To name 3 neuromuscular blocking agents, explain their effect on the respiratory system, and state why they are considered high-alert medications
To recognize the risk of hypoglycemia that results from medication errors such as inappropriate dose or the wrong type or amount of insulin administered by intravenous (IV) or subcutaneous routes
To specify the types of adverse drug reactions in pregnancy and the effect on the fetus and the mother
To recognize the 2 categories of birth defects
To list 4 gross malformations due to birth defects during fetal development
To identify the 2 major categories of exceptions to the Pregnancy and Lactation Labeling Final Rule (PLLR)
To tell the physiologic changes in cardiovascular system, respiratory and renal system, and gastrointestinal system during pregnancy
To recognize that 3 narrative sections and multiple subsections of the pregnancy and lactation labeling final rule (PLLR) have replaced the original A, B, C, D, and X pregnancy risk categories
To identify the types of medications that require special caution in lactating women
To recognize that most eligible medications are expressed in the breast milk of lactating women in a lower concentration than a neonatal dose in appropriate medications
Methods of Education to Achieve the Objectives
Every video has specific objectives to be achieved
Initially , participant will have pre-test as a part of assessment steps
Participant will watch videos accompanied by images, pdf files , figures or diagrams. At the end , participant must pass post-test to get certification of completion. Participant must follow the learning path in the platform
Evaluation of Scientific Activity by the Participants
By evaluation form after completing course , it will be send to participants. It is an important to know that it will be mandatory to get certification
Speaker
Dr. Rhonda Lawes
PhD, RN, Nursing Education Leader, PhD in Educational Psychology from Oklahoma State University
Course Policy
This course will be valid for 6 months after subscription date
The subscription will not be refundable for any reason
The course content was reviewed by scientific committee
There is no CME Hours for this kind of teaching content
The course content was designed for pre graduate and recent graduate
