Strategies For Improving Medication Safety In Nursing Practice

Abstract

Medication-related issues have been discovered from several sources in the literature. Some examples of this include healthcare personnel reporting incidents, legal cases related to medical issues and patient complaints, and the methodical identification of an organization's structure. Only a limited number of studies provide information on how clinicians perceive medication security in nursing homes and the difficulties they encounter in implementing medication safety programs in their workplace. The primary objective of the present research is to identify the challenges associated with reporting medication errors in community nursing and provide ways to enhance drug safety. Healthcare practitioners have highlighted many obstacles that impede drug safety in primary care. These include cultural disparities between community and hospital settings, political factors within the healthcare system, ambiguity around the duties of nurses, and inadequate reporting of errors. Participants identified other causes of mistakes, including workers inside the organization lacking clarity or understanding of the protocols and procedures for reporting pharmaceutical events. Inadequate knowledge about drug safety, as well as the challenges related to reporting and recordkeeping is also major obstacles.