The last element of the 5 Rs -- right time -- has often been governed by the "30-minute medication rule." For as long as many nurses can remember, every hospital, unit, and nurse has passed ...

Each year, medication errors are responsible for 7,000 patient deaths and cost the healthcare system $2 billion. Even more shocking, perhaps, is the knowledge that nearly 50% of potential medication ...

In nursing school, you learn to avoid mistakes at all costs, as medical errors can result in physical injury or even death.

In April 2008, Baystate Medical Center (BMC), a 653-bed teaching hospital in Springfield, MA, began implementation of its Bar Code Point of Care technology to positively impact medication ...

RaDonda Vaught’s conviction for a fatal medication error is drawing newfound attention to the technological vulnerabilities of electronic medication cabinets ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Four years ago, inside the most prestigious hospital in Tennessee, nurse RaDonda Vaught withdrew a vial from an electronic medication cabinet, administered the drug to a patient, ...

A former Tennessee nurse who was convicted of homicide last year after a medication error killed a patient said that the state Board of Nursing acted improperly when ...

Nursing has few universally inviolable rules. Any nurse who has worked in more than a single hospital throughout his or her career understands the extent to which nursing practice can vary from one ...