NURS 504 ISMP Error Prone Abbreviations

NURS 504 ISMP Error Prone Abbreviations

NURS 504 ISMP Error Prone Abbreviations

Review the ISMP (Institute for Safe Medical Practice) List of Error Prone Abbreviations, Symbols, and Dose Designations. Write at least a 150 word response written in current APA format describing how you would implement this in your practice setting. Cite 1 applicable biblical principle.

Proverbs 27:12 says “The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty”. In healthcare and as professionals, we have a duty to maintain the safety of our patients on many levels. This includes, but is not limited to, protecting them from physical harm related to medication errors. The World Health Organization reports that medication errors are responsible for the death of one individual daily and the physical harm of approximately 1.3 million people yearly in the United States (2017). Healthcare professionals use a plethora of abbreviations and symbols in their daily practice, some which are likely to appear on the ISMP list of error-prone abbreviations, symbols, and dose designations. NURS 504 ISMP Error Prone Abbreviations.

It is important to make ourselves familiar with this list in order to provide the safest care to patients. After reviewing this list, I realized that I have been using a few of these abbreviations in my own practice, in which I should not be. I have used the abbreviation “d/c” for both “discharge” and “discontinue” and I have used “sub q” when charting a subcutaneous injection.  In the future, I plan to write these words out as to not cause confusion of any orders which may lead to harming a patient. I see many more of these abbreviations used by coworkers as well.

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A busy nurse in the ICU wishes to delegate aspects of respiratory care to an unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP). Which of the following actions can the nurse delegate? (Select all that apply.)

1. Measuring and recording oxygen saturations
2. Setting up oxygen delivery and suction equipment
3. Suctioning secretions of a client with a long-standing tracheostomy
4. Teaching the client how to cough with a tracheostomy
5. Verifying that the correct amount of oxygen is being delivered