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Medication Standards Reference List

American Society of Anesthesiologists. (2001). Practice Guidelines for Sedation and Analgesia by Non-Anesthesiologists. Retrieved from www.asahq.org.

Anderson, D.J., & Webster, C.S. (2001). Nursing and health care management issues: A systems approach to the reduction of medication error on the hospital ward. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 35(1), pp. 34-41.

Aufseeser-Weiss, M.R., & Ondeck, D.A. (2001). Medication use risk management: Hospital meets home care. Journal of Nursing Care Quality, 15(2), pp. 50-57.

Austin, S. (2001). A safe standard of care for medication administration. Nursing Management, 32(9), p.12.

Bailey, T.C. (2000). Real-time notification of medication errors. Health Management Technology, 21(6), pp. 24-26.

Barrett, K.E., Taylor, D.W., Pullo, R.E., & Dunlap, D.A. (1998). The right to refuse medication: Navigating the ambiguity. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 21(3), pp. 241-249.

Blachly, B., & Young, H.M. (1998). Reducing the burden of paperwork. Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 24(6), pp. 16-20.

Brown, M.M. (2001). Managing medication errors by design. Critical Care Nursing, 24(3), pp. 77-97.

Brown, Jr., S.D., & Landry, F.J. (2001). Recognizing, reporting and reducing adverse drug reactions. Southern Medical Journal, 94(4), pp. 370-373.

Carlisle, D. (1996). Errors but no trials. Nursing Times, 92(4), pp. 50-51.

Cohen, H. (2001). Shrinking medication errors down to size: What you can do about this far-reaching problem. Nursing Management, 32(10), pp. 25-30.

Cohen, H.G. (1998). Medication errors: A system problem. Today's Surgical Nurse, 20(6), pp. 24-28.

Cohen, M.R. (2001). Medication errors. Nursing, 31(1), pp. 14, 17, 20, 28.

Cohen, M.R. (2001). Medication errors. Nursing, 31(2), p.17.

Cohen, M.R. (2001). Medication errors. Nursing, 31(5), p. 20.

Cohen, M.R. (2002). Medication errors. Nursing, 32(2), p. 28.

Cook, M.C. (1999). Nurses' six rights for safe medication administration. Massachusetts Nurse, 69(6), p. 8.

Curran, C.R. (2000). Regaining the public's trust. Nursing Economics, 18(4), 177-178.

Foster, Fred. Conscious Sedation…Coming to a Unit Near You. Nursing Management, 2000, April 2000: pp. 45-51.

Greene, J. (2000). True fix. Hospitals & Health Networks, 74(2), pp. 56-59.

Grotting, J.B. (2002). Reducing medication errors at the point of care. Trustee, 55(2), p. 21.

Gunn, I.P. (2000). Patient safety and human error: The big picture. CRNA: The ClinicalForum for Nurse Anesthetists, 11(1), pp. 41-48.

Hackel, R., Butt, L., & Banister, G. (1996). How nurses perceive medication errors. Nursing Management, 27(1), pp. 31, 34-35.

Ignatavicius, D.A. (2000). Asking the right questions about medication safety: Learn how to get the answers you need to safeguard your practice. Nursing, 30(9), pp. 51-59.

Johnson, C., & Horton, S. (2001). Owning up to errors: Put an end to the blame game. Nursing, 31(6), pp. 54.

Kimble, C.A., & Chandra, A. (2001). Automation of pharmacy systems: Experiences and strategies of a rural healthcare system. Hospital Topics, 79(2), pp. 27-32.

Kost, Michael. (1999, April). Conscious sedation Guarding Your Patients Against Complications. Nursing 99, pp. 34-39

Massachusetts Hospital Association. (2001, February) MHA Best Practice Principles and Recommendations, Massachusetts Hospital Association Medication Error Prevention Project.

Massachusetts Nurses Association. MNA position statement on medication errors. Massachusetts Nurse, February 2001, 71(1).

Miller, R. (1999). Stop the carts: Automate medication distribution for accuracy, safety, and economy. Nursing Management, 30(1), pp. 44-46.

Minnesota Nurses Association. (2001). Position statement: Commission on nursing practice: Role of the registered nurse in safe administration of medications. Minnesota Nursing Accent, 73(9), pp. 4-8.

National Steering Committee on Patient Safety. (2002). Building a Safer System: A National Integrated Strategy for Improving Patient Safety in Canadian Health Care.

Novek, J., & Rudnick, W. (2000). Automatic drug dispensing help or hindrance? Canadian Nurse, 96(4), pp. 29-33.

Opperman, J., & Harris, J. (2001). Automating the medication system: Yesterday's impossibilities are today's realities. Nursing Management, 32(7), pp. 48-49.

O'Shea, E. (1999). Factors contributing to medication errors: A literature review. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 8(5), pp. 496-504.

Parker, C. (2001). MHA gives members 'best practices' for medication safety standards. AHA News, 37(11), p. 5.

Pittman, M. (2001). Facts & fixes. Hospitals & Health Networks, 75(7), p. 76.

Porter-O'Grady, T. (1999). 21st-century nursing. Nursing, 29(5), p. 63.

Reducing medical errors. (1999). AHA News, 35(20), 10. (no author)

Rewick, D., & Gaffey, E. (2001). Nursing system makes a difference. Health Management Technology, 22(8), p. 24.

Rose, K., & Simms, D.P. (1996). Focus on quality: Drug administration made safer. Canadian Nurse, 92(6), pp. 53-54.

Sarudi, D. (2001). Keeping patients safe. Hospitals & Health Networks, 75(4), pp. 42-45.

Sibbald, B. (2001). Use computerized systems to cut adverse drug events: Report. Canadian Medical Association Journal, 164(13), p. 1878.

Simpson, R.L. (2000). Medical errors, airplanes and information technology. Nursing Management, 31(6), pp. 14-15.

Smetzer, J. (2000). Four-pronged error analysis is 'best practice'. AHA News, 36(15), p.5

Smetzer, J. (2000). Prescriptions for safety. AHA News, 36(17), p. 5.

Smetzer, J. (2000). Denver hospital emphasizes problem-solving. AHA News, 36(45), p.5.

Smetzer, J. (2000). Survey shows safety shortcomings. AHA News, 36(46), p. 5.

Smetzer, J. (2001). Prescriptions for safety. AHA News, 37(8), p. 5.

Smetzer, J. (2001). Please don't sleep through this wake-up call. AHA News, 37(24), p. 5.

Smetzer, J. (2001). Medication management: Safer medication management. Nursing Management, (32)12, pp. 44-48.

Smetzer, J. (2002). Eliminate dangerous dose expressions, abbreviations in the print, electronic worlds. AHA News, 38(9), p. 7.

Ventura, M.J. (1999). This technology may do more harm than good. RN, 62(10), p. 12.

Vincent, P. (2002). Morphine: Now. American Journal of Nursing, 102(2), p. 25.

Waldo, B. (1999). Closing the loop on medication errors. Health Management Technology, 20(11), pp. 68-69.

Walker, S.B., & Lowe, M.J. (1998). Nurses' views on reporting medication incidents. International Journal of Nursing Practice 4, pp. 97-102.

Wasko-Lacey, L., Mathews, M., & Bell, J. (2002). Quarterly medication reviews in long-term care. Canadian Nurse, 98(2), pp. 27-31.

Werner, K. (2002). Tightening the grip on medication error control. Drug Store News, 24(2), p. 12.

Wolfe, S. (Ed.). (2000). Safer needle devices, Part 2. RN, 63(2), pp. 59-60.

Zuzelo, P.R., Inverso, T., & Linkewich, K.M. (2001). Content validation of the medication error worksheet. Clinical Nurse Specialist, 15(6), pp. 253-9.

 

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