Nursing Reflection on Medication, Blood and Fall Safety

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Nursing reflection
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Nursing reflection 1
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Description:
The activities performed in the nursing for the medication safety and blood safety is to
provide right amount of dosage of medication to the right patient in a particular time. The
blood safety activity is done by administrating in less than four hours. Registered nurses and
licensed nurses are only allowed to maintain or monitor blood transfusion. Fall and injury
prevention is still a challenge considered by the care unit around the world. Medical errors
occurs due to failure of planned action to be completed as intended that is error of execution
or the use of wrong plan to achieve an aim also known as error of planning (Posey et al.,
2011).
Feelings:
Medication safety is essential for every patient as well as nurses. If the medication dosage is
not correct or the timing of giving the medication is not right a patient may be harmed. At
first, I was feeling restless during medication and blood safety but with my knowledge and
skills everything started to look easy. Blood transfusion is a common procedure done by the
nurses where blood is given to the patient through an intravenous line in the blood vessels.
Being a nurse, I was focused in the details required for blood safety. The important safety
rules about blood transfusion are giving required blood group to the right patient. Checking
the donor’s blood so that blood contamination does not takes place and patient does not get
harm by blood transfusion (Duric, 2017). Checking every donor’s blood and checking on
right dosage and other safety measures is essential part of being a nurse.
Evaluation and analysis:
Positive impact from this experience was that I learned medication safety, blood safety and to
prevent falls. The activities practiced for medication safety had positive outcome such as

Nursing reflection 2
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giving accurate amount of medication to the right patient. In addition, checking on the basic
medication details before giving the medication such as expire date, name of the drug or
unauthorised medication administration(Medhi et al., 2014). Dosage and time are important
safety measure to practice. By this activity, I learned to check the medication measures before
giving the medication to a particular patient.
From the activities nurses also started to ensure the safe environment by reducing
distractions, improving lighting, and minimizing noises levels. The area where nurses prepare
medications have accurate amount of lighting and a silent atmosphere. In addition, to
improve safety measures the medication room now have one medication dispensing system in
the care unit (Kowiatek, 2011).
The blood safety included activities such as testing the donor’s blood before donating to the
patient. Contaminated blood is harmful for anyone. Blood transfusion is a risky process.
Infections are one of the main risks that are faced by the patients. Transfusion reactions and
other non-infectious problems can be faced by the patients (NIH, 2016). Hence, from this
activity I applied the knowledge of following the blood safety measure effectively.
The other blood safety measure required in transfusion of blood is to meet the specific
requirements of the patient’s blood component. Nurses play a significant role in correct,
scientific, and safe usage of blood and its components and by evaluating all the roles make
the blood transfusion risk reduced to a minimum level(PSQH, 2018). In nursing practice, I
used my knowledge provided by the professionals and awareness while blood transfusing
services and practices.
Falls occur frequently in medical practice. Thus, medication and blood safety is essential in
nursing field. There are three different types of inpatient falls such as accidental falls,