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Course Description
This course is an overview on medication error prevention and its significance on healthcare and patient safety. It covers concepts on medication error types, factors, root cause analysis, impact, and prevention strategies.
Intended Audience
This course is intended for nurses and allied healthcare professionals.
Learning Objectives
- Define medication error, adverse event, sentinel event, negligence, root cause, near miss, and latent error.
- Understand the types and classifications of medication error.
- Discuss the causes & factors that lead to medication error.
- Characterize the impact of medication error on patient safety, health professionals, and healthcare outcomes.
- Differentiate the root causes of medication errors.
- Explain the multidimensional approach in the prevention of medication error.
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- Assessment Review
- Interactive Elements
- Lesson Recall Self Assessment
- Narration
- Scenarios
- Slides Presentation
- Take Home Resource
- Video Clips
- Assessment
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- Autograded
- Daily CE Broker Reporting for Registered Boards
- Final Quiz
- Lesson Quizzes
- Passing 80%+
- Quiz Retakes
- Contact Hours
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- 2
- Language
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- English
- ID Required
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- No
- Development Team
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- Amy Adkins-Dwivedi MS RN CPNP PMHS
- Ever John Laingo
- J. Kendall Perkinson
- Margaret Chinn
- Trisha Moreno
- First Published
- April 2, 2021
- Last Updated
- September 29, 2021
- Alabama State Board of Occupational Therapy
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- Provider ID
- 50-23363
- Course ID
- 20-843612
- Expiration Date
- February 28, 2023
- Arizona Board of Occupational Therapy Examiners
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- Provider ID
- 50-23363
- Course ID
- 20-843612
- Expiration Date
- February 28, 2023
- District of Columbia Board of Nursing
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- Provider ID
- 50-23363
- Course ID
- 20-843612
- Expiration Date
- October 31, 2022
- Florida Board of Dentistry
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- Provider ID
- 50-23363
- Course ID
- 20-843612
- Expiration Date
- February 29, 2024
- Florida Board of Nursing
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- Provider ID
- 50-23363
- Course ID
- 20-843612
- Expiration Date
- October 31, 2022
- Florida Board of Nursing - Certified Nursing Assistants
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- Provider ID
- 50-23363
- Course ID
- 20-843612
- Expiration Date
- October 31, 2022
- Florida Board of Occupational Therapy
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- 50-23363
- Course ID
- 20-843612
- Expiration Date
- February 28, 2023
- Florida Board of Pharmacy
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- 50-23363
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- 20-843612
- Expiration Date
- September 30, 2023
- Florida Board of Physical Therapy Practice
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- 50-23363
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- 20-843612
- Expiration Date
- N/A
- Florida Board of Podiatric Medicine
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- Provider ID
- 50-23363
- Course ID
- 20-843612
- Expiration Date
- March 31, 2024
- Florida Board of Respiratory Care
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- Provider ID
- 50-23363
- Course ID
- 20-843612
- Expiration Date
- N/A
- Florida Council of Licensed Midwifery
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- Provider ID
- 50-23363
- Course ID
- 20-843612
- Expiration Date
- December 31, 2023
- Florida Electrolysis Council
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- Provider ID
- 50-23363
- Course ID
- 20-843612
- Expiration Date
- N/A
- Florida Office of Dental Laboratories
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- 50-23363
- Course ID
- 20-843612
- Expiration Date
- February 29, 2024
- Georgia Board of Nursing
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- Provider ID
- 50-23363
- Course ID
- 20-843612
- Expiration Date
- October 31, 2022
- Georgia State Board of Occupational Therapy
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- Provider ID
- 50-23363
- Course ID
- 20-843612
- Expiration Date
- February 28, 2023
- Kentucky Board of Nursing
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- Provider ID
- 6-0030-12-23
- Course ID
- 6-0030-12-23-003
- Expiration Date
- December 31, 2023
- Mississippi Board of Nursing
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- Provider ID
- 50-23363
- Course ID
- 20-843612
- Expiration Date
- December 31, 2023
- New Mexico Board of Nursing
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- Provider ID
- 50-23363
- Course ID
- 20-843612
- Expiration Date
- October 31, 2022
- Pennsylvania Board of Nursing: Reciprocity Approval: Accepts CEU Approved by Other Jurisdictions (Always Consult Your Board)
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- N/A
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- N/A
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- South Carolina Board of Nursing
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- Provider ID
- 50-23363
- Course ID
- 20-843612
- Expiration Date
- October 31, 2022
- Tennessee Board of Dentistry
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- Provider ID
- 50-23363
- Course ID
- 20-843612
- Expiration Date
- February 29, 2024
- West Virginia Board of Examiners for Registered Professional Nurses
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- Provider ID
- 50-23363
- Course ID
- 20-843612
- Expiration Date
- October 31, 2022
Course Content
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Introduction and Overview to Medical Error and Prevention (MEP)
Lesson 1: Classification and Types
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Lesson 2: Factors
Lesson 3: Root Cause Analysis
Lesson 4: Impact
Lesson 5: Strategies