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An Evidence-Based Framework For Reporting Student Nurse Medication Incidents: Errors, Near Misses And Discovered Errors, Michelle A. Freeman, Susan Dennison, Natalie Giannotti, Mary J. Voutt-Goos

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Purpose: To share an evidence-based framework for reporting and analysing three types of medication incidents in an undergraduate nursing program. Incident types include errors, near misses and discovered errors.

Background: Medication errors are underreported. Published studies on errors by nursing students indicate that although errors occur during clinical placements, there is a lack of consensus on how the factors that contributed to the errors are reported and analyzed. This limits our understanding of the factors that impact safe medication administration and reduces our ability to apply this knowledge to education and practice.

Method: Quality improvement project.

Results: Our reporting framework …