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Pharmacy Manager Strategies For Reducing Financial Losses From Adverse Drug Events By Polypharmacy Patients, Francis Rudden
Pharmacy Manager Strategies For Reducing Financial Losses From Adverse Drug Events By Polypharmacy Patients, Francis Rudden
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Every year over 100,000 deaths occur in the U.S. from adverse drug events derived from medication errors. Medication errors account for an annual cost of $100 to $200 billion. Healthcare pharmacists lack strategies to reduce adverse drug events and medication errors from taking place. Grounded in complex adaptive system theory, the purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore strategies to reduce advere drug events and medication errors. The participants were 5 pharmacist managers in a county in central Florida. These pharmacists were from different community pharmacies, and each had a minimum of 5 years’ experience in the …
Bedside Nurses' Perception Of Their Role Managing Elderly Patient's Polypharmacy, Patience E. Walker
Bedside Nurses' Perception Of Their Role Managing Elderly Patient's Polypharmacy, Patience E. Walker
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
AbstractPolypharmacy is described as having six or more prescription medications that are consumed concurrently and affects citizens worldwide. Polypharmacy may negatively affect patient care in hospitalized patients because nurses may lack the time to provide adequate care because they are overworked and/or understaffed, leading to problems such as medication errors. The purpose of this qualitative descriptive phenomenological study, guided by role theory, was to explore bedside nurses' perceptions of their role regarding patient polypharmacy. Twelve bedside nurses were interviewed on their roles in polypharmacy and medication management for elderly patients. The interviews were analyzed and revealed three distinct themes and …