An annotated bibliography provides an analysis of sources
Annotated Bibliography
Introduction
An annotated bibliography provides an analysis of sources that support ideas regarding a particular topic of interest in a specific field. In the field of nursing today, for instance, scholars have empirically identified and published opinions regarding issues affecting the nursing practice and necessary reforms to help improve it. In this light, it is essential to summarize a couple of these articles to grasp ideas on how the field may be boosted to suit the high demand for healthcare services. This annotated bibliography constitutes a summary of items that ascertain the extent of medication errors in the nursing field and how the caregivers deal with these issues.
Dirik, H. F., Samur, M., Seren Intepeler, S., & Hewison, A. (2019). Nurses’ identification and reporting of medication errors. Journal of clinical nursing, 28(5-6), 931-938.
The research aims at establishing the involvement of nurses in the identification and reporting of medication errors. The article explains the need to maintain patient safety by the caregivers through evaluation of possible risks associated with medication errors and the overall reporting to the relevant authorities. This article is pertinent to implicate the importance of nurses’ keenness in ensuring patient safety during the administration of treatment. It surpasses the thought of mistakes that would otherwise compromise the health safety of the patient. In their study, the researchers noted that 97% of the nurses were able to define medication error in various drug administrations. The researchers concluded that nurses were conversant with the medical errors at hand; however; they were reluctant to inform the higher authority due to fear of the underlying results. It is empirical to establish a mechanism for identifying and reporting medication error to increase the rate of patient safety. Medical staff should not be reprimanded for reporting such cases as well.
Härkänen, M., Tiainen, M., & Haatainen, K. (2018). Wrong‐patient incidents during medication administrations. Journal of clinical nursing, 27(3-4), 715-724.
The researchers aimed at ascertaining the causal factors towards the misidentify of patients during drug administration and how such issues were filed in the wrong-patient incident reports. The investigators employed a descriptive content analysis to examine the participants. They linked forces such as tiredness, lack of proper skills and negligence to the occurrence of this situation. According to Härkänen, Tiainen & Haatainen (2018), the existence of heavy workloads that may necessitate rushing was another factor that contributed to wrong-patient incidents. The researchers concluded that there was a need to intensify training for nurses to equip them with necessary skills for identification processes. Likewise, the system factors should be implemented in such a way that they favour the caregivers. For instance, the daily patient workload should be limited to a specific range to ensure nurses have ample time to deal with each patient alongside resting time.
Rohde, E., & Domm, E. (2018). Nurses’ clinical reasoning practices that support safe medication administration: An integrative review of the literature. Journal of clinical nursing, 27(3-4), e402-e411.
Rhode &Domm’s (2018) research was intended to review the literature available that encompassed ideas on nurses’ clinical reasoning towards ensuring safe medication administration. Generally, the documentary aims at evading medication errors which are often invisible to most caregivers. This article exhibits the extent to which medical experts and researchers are competent towards identifying issues about medication safety. Rhode &Domm’s (2018) obtained information from the health databases and evaluated their level of evidence through the Hopkins’ nursing evidence-based rating scale. The researchers proved that ideally, nurses played an impactive role in ensuring safety medication which was inclusive of their awareness of the risks associated with medication errors. However, it was evident that the articulation of nurses’ clinical reasoning on safe medication administration was inadequate in 91% of the articles reviewed. It implied that few of many medical care articles describe the concern of safe medication in the healthcare setting.
Westbrook, J. I., Li, L., Hooper, T. D., Raban, M. Z., Middleton, S., & Lehnbom, E. C. (2017). Effectiveness of a ‘Do not interrupt’ bundled intervention to reduce interruptions during medication administration: a cluster-randomized controlled feasibility study. BMJ quality & safety, 26(9), 734-742.
According to Westbrook, Hooper, Raban, Middleton & Lehnborn’s (2017) research, the authors aimed at examining the efficacy of ‘do not interrupt’ bundled intervention in reducing the extent of interruptions that were not related to medication during the administration of drugs to patients. The article aims at appraising the effectiveness of various strategies that are suited to reduce disruptions during treatment. Westbrook et al. (2017) used clustered randomized samples to obtain participants and analyzed data through multi-level negative binomial modelling technique. The researchers observed that nurses experienced disruptions from which 87.9% were medically unrelated to the tasks being followed, and the rate decreased with a reduction of the level of wards the nurses operated. Westbrook et al. (2017) concluded that since nurses were highly interrupted during drug administration schedules, and the issues concerned were irrelevant to that specific schedule, there was a need for strategies to reduce these disruptions.
In conclusion, the above researches are aimed at providing remedies that would improve the healthcare sector to ensure avoidance of errors in medication. Each article examines the impacts of various interventions in different populations and the results obtained to measure out the efficacy of these techniques.
References
Dirik, H. F., Samur, M., Seren Intepeler, S., & Hewison, A. (2019). Nurses’ identification and reporting of medication errors. Journal of clinical nursing, 28(5-6), 931-938.
Härkänen, M., Tiainen, M., & Haatainen, K. (2018). Wrong‐patient incidents during medication administrations. Journal of clinical nursing, 27(3-4), 715-724.
Rohde, E., & Domm, E. (2018). Nurses’ clinical reasoning practices that support safe medication administration: An integrative review of the literature. Journal of clinical nursing, 27(3-4), e402-e411.
Westbrook, J. I., Li, L., Hooper, T. D., Raban, M. Z., Middleton, S., & Lehnbom, E. C. (2017). Effectiveness of a ‘Do not interrupt’ bundled intervention to reduce interruptions during medication administration: a cluster-randomized controlled feasibility study. BMJ quality & safety, 26(9), 734-742.