There are ways nurses can reduce errors in administering older people’s medications, such as using patient photos attached to medication cards
Every time an older person in a care home has a medicine prescribed or administered, there is an up to one in ten chance of a mistake being made. Nurses say that short staffing, lack of time and having to juggle multiple medications for dozens of people all contribute to the problem.
Nursing Older People. 36, 3, 8-9. doi: 10.7748/nop.36.3.8.s3
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