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There’s an art and a science to naming pharmaceutical drugs. Here’s what is embedded in the name on the label—and why

Professor Bruce Lambert, the director of the Center for Communication and Health at Northwestern University, has written extensively on issues pertaining to medication errors and safety,

Many nurses wonder if this could happen to them. Medication errors have been made before. But what about the next one? In the pressure cooker of pandemic-era healthcare, another mistake feels inevitable.

While Vaught has been scapegoated, the health system and executives responsible for the neglect and cover-up of this tragic death have avoided any prosecution by the state of Tennessee.

RaDonda Vaught is being scapegoated by the authorities in Nashville, Tennessee for an error in administering a paralytic agent instead of a sedative. The mistake has its roots in the negligence of hospital officials at Vanderbilt Medical Center.

New safety watchdog report aims to increase awareness of the potential for paracetamol toxicity in adults with low body weight.

The last 5 years have seen a rapid rise in the use of electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration (ePMA) systems across NHS trusts. But how safe are they?

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Healthcare professionals knowledge about medication errors, their knowledge about medication error reporting systems, and predictors to report medication errors

Elsevier advances nursing education by offering innovative virtual reality healthcare simulations to schools across North America The advanced Simulation Learning System for RN with Virtual Reality (SLS with VR), created in collaboration with SimX, features 100 virtual reality patient scenarios and over 160 lab-based scenarios, which allows nursing students to gain valuable experience and enhance their clinical judgment skills While in-person labs and clinical rotations have been limited during...