Strategies for Improving Documentation of Medication Overrides
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This project aimed to reduce medication administration errors that may result from unreconciled medication overrides. Education alone failed to significantly increase the rates at which nurses reconcile medication overrides.
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Authors
Modupeola M. Adebayo, DNP, RN
Robert J. Geller, MD
Kimberly A. Hires, PhD, RN, DNP
Sarah M. Killian, DNP, RN, NEA-BC
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