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The purpose of the study is to determine if a behavioral knowledge based education intervention will decrease medication transcription errors among professional nurses when admitting elder patients to a hospital. The hypothesis is those professional nurses who receive the behavioral-cognitive eduction medication taking intervention will have fewer medication errors than those professional nurses who do not.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| medication history education | Other | Four hospital unit nurses asked to participate in the study. Two nursing units will receive the cognitive behavioral intervention. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| cognitive behavioral intervention | Behavioral | The intervention will consist of an hour of cognitive behavioral education. The first 15 minutes spent discussing cases examples of medication errors. The next 15 minutes will include identifying old rules or assumptions nurses have about medication history obtainment. The next 15 minutes will be utilized reviewing a medication tool to be used, and the last 15 minutes will be discussing techniques to help nurse obtain information from elderly patients. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Reduction in medication errors on admission medication history form after intervention | 1 year |
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| Name | Role | Phone | Extension | |
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| Kathy A Becker, PhD(c) | Contact | 262-928-7887 | Kathy.becker@phci.org |
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| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Waukesha Memorial Hospital | Waukesha | Wisconsin | 53188 | United States |
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