Florida: Medical Errors: Identification and Prevention
Objectives
Upon completion of this course, the learner will be able to:
- Discuss the extent of the problem of medical errors in healthcare.
- Discuss the definition of medical errors.
- State the professional actions that most frequently result in medication errors.
- Identify patient safety organizations working on the issue of medical errors.
- Discuss disclosure of medical errors.
- Identify priority patient safety interventions promoted by the National Quality Forum that can help to minimize and/or mitigate medical errors.
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| Approved By: | Access Continuing Education, Inc. has been approved by the Florida Board of Nursing, Provider number: 50-7628. Click here for the complimentary Florida Boards/Councils that have approved this course. |
| CE Credits: | 3.0 Hours This course has been awarded 3.0 contact hours for nurses by Access Continuing Education, Inc., approved as a provider of nursing continuing education (provider #09-06-003PR) by the Vermont State Nurses' Association, Inc., which is accredited as an approver of continuing education in nursing by the American Nurses' Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. The Florida Boards/Councils above have approved this course for 3.0 hours of continuing education credit. |
| Cost: | $30.00 |
| Directions: | Click here for Directions |
| Authors: | Jo DiBlasio, MS, RN |
| Course Format Options: | Enter Course Online Download Coursebook (PDF) |
Upon successful completion of this course your Certificate of Completion is immediately available for you to print AND we electronically transfer your completion information to CE Broker. There is no need for you to mail your certificate; we do it for you electronically! Files are electronically transferred to CE Broker every Monday at 4:00 pm.
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