NURS FPX 4040 Assessment 3: Evidence-Based Proposal and Annotated Bibliography on Technology in Nursing
NURS FPX 4040 Assessment 3: Evidence-Based Proposal and Annotated Bibliography on Technology in Nursing
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Capella University
NURS-FPX 4040 Managing Health Information and Technology
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Electronic medication administration with barcoding
With the evolution of technology in the world, there are many changes in the healthcare system. Barcode Medication Administration is an advanced control system that uses barcodes to avoid errors of human in the distribution of the prescription of medicines at hospitals. The function of the barcode medication administration assists the healthcare industry because it makes sure that the patients receive the prescriptions without any human error. It helps to lessen medical mistakes by checking them electronically with the help of advanced technology. By applying this technology, the pharmacist matches the prescription to what was requested to give the patient in a healthcare system
I started the study by defining and analyzing the problem, that is the use of electrical medicine by using barcoding. After that, I find the reference material by searching credible data sources to get the information that is related to my problem. There were different phrases and keywords that I used to get the information like Errors in prescription, Barcoding, Pharmacist mistakes, and Barcoding technology. It helps me to find different articles and publications that have information about barcoding medication administration to improve the quality standards of nurses and the safety of patients.NURS FPX 4040 Assessment 3: Evidence-Based Proposal and Annotated Bibliography on Technology in Nursing: Electronic medication administration with barcoding. The credible sources that I used and consulted in my study were Google Scholar, MEDLINE, CINAHL, and PubMed.
Annotated Bibliography
Lin, J.-C., Lee, T.-T., & Mills, M. E. (2018). Evaluation of a barcode medication administration information system. CIN: Computers, Informatics, Nursing, 36(12), 596–602.
Due to errors in medication administration, there is always a risk to the health of the patient. The system of barcode medication administration was introduced in the healthcare system to reduce human errors in medication prescription. The study by Lin et al., (2018) was done to see the outcomes of the application of barcode medication administration. The questionnaire was composed to see the quality, efficiency, satisfaction of users, and befits from it.
The 232 nurses completed it. The part on user satisfaction received the highest score. The data was collected on the occurrence of medication errors before and after using barcode medication administration. The errors of medication decreased from 405 at pre-implementation to 314 post-implementations after using the barcode technology. It is crucial to reduce human errors to make no compromise on the safety and health of the patient.
It is important to read this publication because it tells how efficient it is to use the technology of barcode medication administration to serve patients. It gives information about following the standard procedure to take care of the patient health.
Thompson, K. M., Swanson, K. M., Cox, D. L., Kirchner, R. B., Russell, J. J., Wermers, R. A., Storlie, C. B., Johnson, M. G., & Naessens, J. M. (2018). Implementation of bar-code medication administration to reduce patient harm. Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Innovations, Quality & Outcomes, 2(4), 342–351
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