- Monograph -

Intelligent Medication Administration and Patient Safety at the Point of Care: An Evaluation of Implementation and Return on Investment

Activity Description This monograph will familiarize nurses with 21st century "intelligent" technology that can help enhance patient safety and provide nurses an understanding of the types of errors taking place with medication administration. New medication administration technology can potentially help prevent errors and improve practice. Nurses will learn how to analyze data reports generated with this technology to better understand current facility practice and to improve facility practice if warranted. Examples of how to make a business case for today's "intelligent" technologies will be addressed.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, pharmacists and nurses will be able to:

• Develop an implementation plan for bar code medication administration technology

• Develop an implementation plan for intelligent pump infusion technology

• Describe how to make a business case for intelligent technology

Faculty

Linda Morgan, RN
Healthcare Consultant
Hixson, Tennessee

CE Accreditation:

Release Date: 01-10-2011
Expiration Date: 01-10-2014

Pharmacy:
ProCE, Inc. is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. ACPE Universal Activity Number 221-000-11-010-H05-P has been assigned to this knowledge-based home-study CE activity (initial release date 01-10-11). This activity is approved for 1.0 contact hour (0.1 CEU) in states that recognize ACPE providers. The activity is provided at no cost to participants. Statements of credit will be issued online upon completion of the activity evaluation and the post-test with a score of 70% or higher. No partial credit will be given.

Nursing:
Nurse CE is provided for this activity through collaboration between ProCE, Inc. and Wild Iris Medical Education, Inc. Wild Iris Medical Education, Inc. is accredited as a provider of continuing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. This activity provides 1.0 contact hour of nurse CE credit.

Funding

This activity was supported by an unrestricted educational grant from Hospira, Inc.

Disclosure

It is the policy of ProCE, Inc. to require the disclosure of the existence of any significant financial interest or any other relationship a faculty member or a sponsor has with the manufacturer of any commercial product(s) discussed in an educational presentation. Ms. Morgan reports serving as faculty for Hospira-funded educational activities.

Please note: The information and views presented in this monograph are those of the faculty through clinical practice and knowledge of the professional literature. Portions of this activity may include the use of drugs and/or devices for unlabeled indications. Use of drugs and/or devices outside of labeling should be considered experimental. Participants are advised to consult and verify manufacturer product information, the professional literature and use his/her professional judgment in applying the presented information in patient care activities.