Going beyond blame: reporting NHS medication errors in nursing home residents with diabetes

Going beyond blame: reporting NHS medication errors in nursing home residents with diabetes.

It is widely accepted in literature on patient safety that an open culture — one that seeks to understand the multiple reasons for error — is required to promote incident reporting and maximise learning for system improvement.

Reasons for psychiatric medication prescription for new nursing home residents.

OBJECTIVES This article focuses on justification of psychoactive medication prescription for NH residents during their first three months post-admission. METHOD We extracted data from 73 charts drawn from a convenience sample of individuals who were residents of seven nursing homes (NHs) for at least three months during 2009. Six focus groups with NH staff were conducted to explore rationales...

Nursing Home Residents

Refusal in Reporting Medication Errors from the Viewpoints of Nursing Students in Arak University of Medical Sciences

Introduction: Reporting medication errors leads to saving patients' wellbeing and safety and also is counted as a valuable information source for preventing further mistakes in future. The aim of this study was to determine the causes for refusing to report medication errors from the viewpoints of nursing students. Methods: All nursing students of Arak University of Medical Sciences (n=76) wer...

Nutritional Status and Related Factors in Elderly Nursing Home Residents

Introduction: A challenge for health care providers is that there will be a distinct rise globally in the number of elderly people aged 80 years and over. Malnutrition is a well-known problem among elderly people. The aim of this study was to determine nutritional status and its associated risk factors in elderly nursing home residents in Tehran, Iran.  Methods: The cross-sectional st...