Running head: THE IMPORTANCE OF BAR CODE 1
The Importance of Bar Code Medication Administration
Alexis Morales
11/2/2017
The Importance of Bar Code Medication Administration
Topic Selection
My topic will be about the importance of bar code medication administration (BCMA)
and how it improves patient care. BCMA allows nurses to safely administer medications by
scanning the patient’s ID bracelet and medications and ensuring that everything matches up with
the five medication rights which will be explained shortly. Overtime, the medication rights have
gone from five to seven. We will stick to the five main rights mentioned in the supporting
resources and textbook.
Rationale
“Patient safety is the major concern since Institute of Medicine published “To Err is
Human”. Medication errors raised health care profession awareness of this critical issue in
patient safety. Giving medicine to patients is a frequently performed activity by nurses in the
medical centers. Researchers found that nurses spent 16.9-26.9% of their time on medication-
related activities” Tsai, Sun & Taur, 2010, p. 682). I chose this topic because it conditions us as
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The Importance of Bar Code Medication Administration
Alexis Morales
11/2/2017
The Importance of Bar Code Medication Administration
Topic Selection
My topic will be about the importance of bar code medication administration (BCMA)
and how it improves patient care. BCMA allows nurses to safely administer medications by
scanning the patient’s ID bracelet and medications and ensuring that everything matches up with
the five medication rights which will be explained shortly. Overtime, the medication rights have
gone from five to seven. We will stick to the five main rights mentioned in the supporting
resources and textbook.
Rationale
“Patient safety is the major concern since Institute of Medicine published “To Err is
Human”. Medication errors raised health care profession awareness of this critical issue in
patient safety. Giving medicine to patients is a frequently performed activity by nurses in the
medical centers. Researchers found that nurses spent 16.9-26.9% of their time on medication-
related activities” Tsai, Sun & Taur, 2010, p. 682). I chose this topic because it conditions us as
This study source was downloaded by 100000806176105 from CourseHero.com on 01-24-2022 23:16:31 GMT -06:00
https://www.coursehero.com/file/27799431/Milestone-1docx/
