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0122-6_SHSO_Nursing Symposium_Medication Error Prevention_EM
Session Description
Sutter Health nurses continue to demonstrate their passion for finding creative, evidence-based ways to promote health and healing. This one-day symposium is designed to engage and inform nurses in all roles and care settings with evidence-based, invigorating, useful, and actionable content.
The focus of this session is on Medication Error Prevention. Understanding types of medication errors and how they occur is foundational to learning and employing strategies of prevention.
Target Audience
Nurse Practitioner (NP)
Nurse, Registered (RN)
Other Healthcare Professionals
Learning Objectives
1. Define medication errors and ranking by severity
2. Restate typical contributing factors to medication errors
3. Identify human factors to reduce or prevent medical errors
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Culturally Appropriate Care which is Free of Implicit Biases (AB 1195 & 241):
Learners are strongly encouraged to engage in self-directed learning related to the impact of implicit biases in this clinical area via the references provided below:
- Gatewood, E., Broholm, C., Herman, J., & Yingling, C. (2019). Making the invisible visible: Implementing an implicit bias activity in nursing education. Journal of Professional Nursing;35(6): 447-451. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.profnurs.2019.03.004; https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S8755722319300420
- Vora, S., Dahlen, B., Adler, M., Kessler, D., Jones, V., Kimble, S. & Calhoun, A. (2021). Recommendations and guidelines for the sue of simulation to address structural racism and implicit bias. Simulation in Healthcare;16(4): 275-284. DOI: 10.1097/SIH.0000000000000591. https://journals.lww.com/simulationinhealthcare/Fulltext/2021/08000/Recommendations_and_Guidelines_for_the_Use_of.8.aspx
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Additional Information: https://sutterhealth.sharepoint.com/sites/MySutter/SitePages/Clinical/Nursing/RNSymposium.aspx
Disclosure of Financial or In-Kind Commercial Support & Conflict of Interest
No one involved in the planning or presentation of this educational activity have any relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. No financial or in-kind commercial support was received to produce or promote this educational activity.
– Provider Designee/Verification: Kerri Maya, PhD(c), MSL, RN, NPD-BC
Mele Cheatham
Rhonda Kite, RPh, CPPS
Kimberly Lubas, Registered Nurse, CPHRM
Steven O'Conner, R.N., MBA, CPHQ, CPHRM, CPPS
Accreditation
In support of improving patient care, Sutter Health, is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), and the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Credit Designation Statement
Sutter Health designates this LIVE activity for a maximum of 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ Hours for non-physicians and 0.75 continuing professional development contact hours for nurses. Learners should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Note to Other Disciplines: AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ Continuing Medical Education is acceptable for meeting the continuing education requirements for Pharmacists, Physician Assistants, Psychologists, Registered Nurses, and Respiratory Care Practitioners. For other disciplines, please check with the regulatory board for your discipline to confirm what type of credits meet the continuing education requirements. Continuing education hours for nurses accredited by ANCC, via Joint Accreditation.
Available Credit
- 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ Hour(s)
In support of improving patient care, Sutter Health, is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Sutter Health certifies this Enduring activity was designated for a maximum of 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ Hour(s). Non-physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
- 0.75 ANCC
In support of improving patient care, Sutter Health, is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
This course/program has been awarded 0.75 ANCC contact hour(s). Sutter Health is accredited provider of nursing continuing professional development. Learners should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.