Evidence-Based Medicine
Discuss advantages, disadvantages feasibility clinical practice evidence-based focusing errors administration intravenous medications hospitals role correct procedures and nurse experience.
Advantages, disadvantages and feasibility of evidence-based medicine in clinical practice: Errors in the administration of intravenous medications in hospitals
In 2000, the Institute of Medicine released a report with the shocking statistic that "up to 98,000 patients die in hospitals every year due to medical errors," a statistic supported by another study by the Chicago Tribune which "found that poorly trained or overworked nurses were responsible for the deaths of 1,700 patients and injuries up to 9,548 since 1995" (Your health: Medical errors linked to nurses, 2000, CNN). IV errors are one of the most frequent sources of unnecessary patient harm: "IV medications are associated with 54% of potential adverse drug events (ADEs) (Kaushal, et al. 2001), 56% of medication errors (Ross, et al., 2000), and 61% of the [most] serious and life-threatening errors" (Vanderveen 2005).
Under-staffing and over-working were cited as the primary causes of the errors in the Institute of Medicine Study. However, chronic nursing shortages have proved difficult to rectify. One proposed solution to reducing errors was that of evidence-based medicine....
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