Week 6 Assignment|Turbad Utilisation|Essay NURS 3150 - Foundations of Nursing Research ( NURS 3150)

In the study by Verweij conducted in 2014, an intervention was implemented to reduce medication errors in a hospital. The intervention implemented was a tabard to be worn by nursing staff during their medication pass to limit interruptions thus lower medication administration errors. Several conclusions can be drawn about this study and its effectiveness. Their are also several practice implications for implementing the use of medication administration tabards in practice. The Tabard Produces Positive Results Looking purely at the results of the Verweij study, there was a definitive correlation between implementing the tabards to practice and the number of medication errors. There was a 66% reduction in the number of medication errors after implementing the tabards. (Verweij, Smeulers, Maaskant, & Vermeulen, 2014)In the study by Verweij conducted in 2014, an intervention was implemented to reduce medication errors in a hospital. The intervention implemented was a tabard to be worn by nursing staff during their medication pass to limit interruptions thus lower medication administration errors. Several conclusions can be drawn about this study and its effectiveness. Their are also several practice implications for implementing the use of medication administration tabards in practice. The Tabard Produces Positive Results Looking purely at the results of the Verweij study, there was a definitive correlation between implementing the tabards to practice and the number of medication errors. There was a 66% reduction in the number of medication errors after implementing the tabards. (Verweij, Smeulers, Maaskant, & Vermeulen, 2014)