KNOWLEDGE & PRACTICE ABOUT ADMINISTRATION OF HIGH ALERT MEDICATION IN THE TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL IN LAHORE

Purpose: High alert medications are enlightened as those medicines that bear the maximum threat of causing major patient harm when administered incorrectly. Nurses accountable for administration high medication; inappropriate can show a substantial clinical result and at times be deadly patients. Alert Medication is commonly used in emergency room, intensive care unit, pediatric ward medical ward. Because medication situations, they heightened risk Some has narrow therapeutic index e.g., warfarin, improperly, rapidly causes undesirable side effect bleeding. Further, well-known chemotherapeutic agents, such vincristine, require special handling, should according to manufacturer’s recommendation. Current investigation targeted evaluate level knowledge among nurses tertiary hospital. Methodology: A quantitative, descriptive cross-sectional study design was explore regulations obstacles faced by during The instrument data collection adopted questioner convenient sampling technique used.
 Results: Outcome current deliver confirmation have deficient its regulation. Deficiency significant medication. Participants reported conflicting views between doctors, were most encountered these contribute possibility Medicine Errors.