The beginnings of caring for critically ill patients date back to Florence Nightingale’s work during the Crimean War in 1854, but the subspecialty of critical care medicine is relatively young. The first US multidisciplinary intensive care unit (ICU) was established in 1958, and the American Board of Medical Subspecialties first recognized the subspecialty of critical care medicine in 1986. Cri...

hospital pharmacists’ expertise in reducing medication errors and improving patient safety in critical care [1]. Th e authors emphasise that drug inaccuracies are frequent and that the limited physiological reserve of critically ill individuals increases the potential harm of adverse prescribing. Critically ill patients represent a unique population with altered pharmacokinetics, and it is like...

OBJECTIVE Medication errors are a major concern of health care professionals and medical institutions, especially errors involving children. Studies in adults have shown that computerized physician order entry (CPOE) systems reduce medication errors and adverse drug events (ADEs). The effect of CPOE implementation in a pediatric population has not been reported. The objective of this study was ...

During this coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) global pandemic, nations are taking bold measures to mitigate the spread of Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections in order to avoid the overwhelming its critical care facilities. While these “flattening the curve” initiatives are showing signs of impeding the potential surge in COVID-19 cases, it is not known whet...

Administering medicAtion is one of the most common interventions in health care, but the complexity of the medication process can lead to unintended outcomes (rozich et al 2003, mcBride-Henry and Foureur 2006, sheu et al 2008). in recent years the use of medicines has grown, and there has been an increase in new products available (ndosi and newell 2008). rapid advances in technology and medici...

background: the main professional goal of nurses is to provide and improve human health. medication errors are among the most common health threatening mistakes that affect patient care. such mistakes are considered as a global problem which increases mortality rates, length of hospital stay, and related costs. this study was conducted to evaluate the types and causes of nursing medication erro...

To cite: Franklin BD. BMJ Qual Saf Published Online First: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/ bmjqs-2014-002924 Medication error research typically focuses on just one stage of the medication use process: prescribing, transcribing, dispensing, administration or monitoring. Such simplification is required so that manageable boundaries can be set around the research, and to make it easi...

Background: The main philosophy of postgraduate preparation for working in critical care units is to ensure the safety and quality of patients’ care. Increasing the complexity of technology, decision-making challenges and the high demand for advanced communication skills necessitate the need to educate learners. Within this aim, a master’s degree in critical care nursing has been ...