Behind the Chart: How Medication Reconciliation Stops Medication Errors

SUMMARY:
Medication reconciliation is one of the most important safeguards nurses use to help prevent medication errors, adverse drug events, and patient harm across care transitions. This podcast will explore how accurate medication histories, careful assessment, informatics tools, patient education, and interprofessional communication work together to improve medication safety.
The conversation will address high-risk areas nurses frequently encounter, including incomplete medication histories, look-alike/sound-alike medications, ISMP high-alert medications, insulin safety, anticoagulant precautions, and polypharmacy in older adults. Real-world medication errors and root cause analysis will be used to highlight how RNs can recognize discrepancies, question unclear orders, strengthen handoff communication, and prevent errors before they reach the patient.

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Series: Behind the Chart: How Medication Reconciliation Stops Medication Errors