V FPX4020 Assessment4.docx Running head: IMPROVEMENT PLAN TOOL KIT 1 NURS-FPX4020 Impr

V FPX4020 Assessment4.docx  Running head: IMPROVEMENT PLAN TOOL KIT  1  NURS-FPX4020  Improvement Plan Tool Kit  Capella University  NURS-FPX4020  Improvement Plan Tool Kit  This improvement plan tool kit serves the purpose of educating and guiding nursing staff in evidence-based safety measures that will reduce medication errors in the hospital setting. The implementation of these measures should reduce the number of adverse events associated with these errors.  It has been divided into four categories: generalized information for nurses in  regard to patient safety, medication administration errors and barcode scanning, best practices for reducing errors and risks in the hospital setting and staff-led preventative measures for reducing errors. All resources are scholarly and peer reviewed articles published within the last 5 years to ensure their validity and effectiveness.  Generalized Information for Nurses in Regard to Patient Safety  Gorgich, E. A., Barfroshan, S., Ghoreishi, G., & Yaghoobi, M. (2016). Investigating the Causes of Medication Errors and Strategies to Prevention of Them from Nurses and Nursing Student Viewpoint. Global journal of health science, 8(8), 54448. https://doi.org/10.5539/gjhs.v8n8p220  This study shows that medication errors have been made by over 64% of nurses and approximately 31% of these nurses reported these errors.  Medication errors are a major problem in the field of nursing and are most often avoidable. The most common types of these errors are giving the wrong do