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Mitigating Medication Errors within the Inpatient Psychiatric Setting: Synthesizing the Evidence

This presentation addresses contributing factors to medication administration errors among novice nurses. Methods to implement continued educational sessions within the inpatient psychiatric setting and feasibility of changes are reviewed. The roles of PMH nurse educators, administrators, and preceptors are crucial to optimizing success among this population of nursing professionals.

Presenter:  Tiara Stepp, BA, BSN, RN, PMH-BC

Disclosures:  The APNA planners and faculty have no relevant financial relationships to disclose.  Off-label uses will not be discussed during this presentation. 

Session Length:  15 minutes

Target Audience:  RN, APRN

Learning Outcome: 

Upon completion of this presentation, the participant will: 

• Identify two factors contributing to medication errors among new nurse graduates.

Keywords:  Novice Nurses, New Graduate Nurses, Reducing Medication Errors, Medication Errors, Clinical Skills, Patient Safety, Nurse Residency Programs, Preceptors, Poster Presentation

Price:  Free

Nursing Continuing Professional Development:

0.25 contact hours.  * In order to receive contact hours, you must: watch the video in its entirety, complete the evaluation, and submit the honor statement. Once you have completed all components, your nursing continuing professional development contact hours certificate will be generated online and available for immediate printing or downloading. Credit cannot be earned unless all components are completed. Partial credit will not be awarded.  

The American Psychiatric Nurses Association is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Release Date:  May 1, 2025
Access to this presentation will end:  April 30, 2028

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