Improving practice – Reconciliation of medications

St. John Hospital& Medical Center (SJH&MC) is a 772-bed urban regional-referral teaching hospital and is located in Detroit, MI. The nurses are required to document and reconcile medications brought from and taken at home to ensure medication safety. Given time constraints and general workflow of the unit, staff had a compliance rate of 46% which was considerably short of the target goal of 90%. The Geriatric Team consisting of a Geriatric Clinical Nurse Specialist (GCNS), Unit Manager, and Informaticist met with Acute Care of the Elderly (ACE) staff to identify and resolve barriers.
Source: Geriatric Nursing - Category: Nursing Authors: Source Type: research