The medication errors data was retrieved from the facilities intranet from January to March.  Statistics indicate how medication errors are prevalent in the psychiatric unit. One of the major problems experienced in the Legacy unit was short staffing and inadequate training of its staff members. Statistics from the unit’s records indicate 20 instances documented involved delayed medication or provision of medical orders and treatments. 150 medication errors occurred over the past three months. The total number of doses administered was 1500. The medication error rate was 0.1.

The data supports  the need for a medication error project  with the gaoal of reducing medication error rate from 150 to 75.

Plan

The main objective of the quality improvement project is to reduce the rate of medication errors in the facility. The plan will involve reducing medication errors by fifty percent. I will recruit a team that will eliminate and prevent medication errors. Then a draft statement can be made focussing on what the organization is trying to accomplish. This includes a statement of changes that will eliminate or reduce medication errors in the facility. Finally, more information can be gathered regarding the best solution in planning.  In planning the aim is to minimise medication errors. The goal is to reduce medication errors by 50% of the total errors (150) within two months of implementation. This will translate to 75 medication errors in three months. The plan will be implemented in the nursing unit in the psychiatric facility.  The intervention will involve educating the staff on the five rights of medication administration.  The measures will include the number of medication errors  two months after implementing it. Hanson et al.(2018) Conducted a systemic review on the five rights of medication administration and how this can reduce medication errors. The researcher found out that educating the staff members on the five rights of medication errors. The rights of medication administration are not only the role of nurses but  the responsibility of the entire health care organization (Hanson et al., 2018). The five rights  are considered as solutions to addressing inadequacies among nurses and other healthcare practitioners. I will inform the nurses of the medication errors statistics in the unit.  The target population for the intervention will be nurses and pharmacists.  Data will be collected from the incidence reports in the facility. The reports will indicate the number of medication errors in the facility.

DO

In the second phase, the action plan is implemented. The plan will be implemented  on April 1, 2022. The implementation will involve educating the staff members on the five rights of medication errors.  The measure will be the level of knowledge and the statistics of medication errors 2 months after implementation.  Intervention success will depend on the number of medication errors.

Study

In the third phase, a study is conducted to identify the plan’s success. Various data will collected in the Do phase will be summarized and analyzed statistically to identify the success of the intervention.  In the nursing unit the knowledge level of the nurses will be analysed. The data indicating the incidence of medication errors will also be analyzed. Statistics indicated that educating the staff reduced the rate of medication errors.

Act

Finally, if the intervention is feasible, it can be incorporated into the policies and procedures in the organization. If the goal will be met, been met, the organization will set a rule involving periodic educating of staff members on the rights of medication administration