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Increasing Compliance Of Bar Code Medication Administration In The Emergency Room, Clare Wisor

Seton Hall University DNP Final Projects

Purpose: To ensure quality healthcare, it is necessary to provide safe medication administration. The specific goal is the reduction of medication errors in the hospital setting with concentration in the emergency room (ER). Bar-code medication administration (BCMA) has proven to be effective on the in-patient units in the hospitals researched and visited as part of this project, but the issue still remains that the emergency rooms exhibit a decreased compliance rate. The purpose of this Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) project, is to reverse the situation in a local community hospital that has a 50 bed emergency room, promoting increased …