The assignment involves investigating medication errors in nursing practice, with a focus on understanding the rate, type, causes, and consequences of such errors. It draws from various studies and research papers, including national studies on emergency department medication errors, medication safety curricula in medical schools, and the use of interactive CD-ROM programs to improve medication administration safety. The document also references law for nurses and midwives, patients' perceptions of participation in nursing care, and hospital inpatient self-administration of medicine programmes.