Medication errors reported by registered nurses occur more frequently in the medical-surgical and intensive care units than any other hospital units, according to a ...

A registered nurse (RN) has been charged with criminally negligent homicide and impaired adult abuse for accidentally administering an incorrect medication to a patient that resulted in their death.

In April 2008, Baystate Medical Center (BMC), a 653-bed teaching hospital in Springfield, MA, began implementation of its Bar Code Point of Care technology to positively impact medication ...

Find out how the NMC panel acted in this case. Not yet read the case? Read the charge and background here The panel was satisfied that, by her acts and omissions, Nurse A put patients at risk of harm, ...