Abstract:
The profession of nursing is voted the most trustworthy profession year after year. The public values and trusts that nurses will provide them with safe, quality patient care. One way to accomplish this is to teach nursing students how to perform nursing care that is safe, evidence-based care that improves patient outcomes. This can be accomplished through nursing simulation scenarios and skills that are realistic, evidence-based, and follow the INACSL Healthcare Simulation Standards of Best Practice. Medication errors remain a major threat to patient safety and decreased patient outcomes. Safe, effective medication administration must be practiced for nursing students to learn this essential aspect of patient care. This can be accomplished with the incorporation of a Pyxis medication administration system into the nursing simulation program. The Pyxis system is often found in the clinical environment that the nursing students will use when they transition to their professional career. The Pyxis offers educators a customizable, scalable platform to train students on the same equipment they will later use in the hospital setting. The panelists will provide participants with practical application approaches from several nursing programs for medication administration skills with the use of the Pyxis.
Learning Objectives:
- Align medication administration medical devices like the BD Pyxis to the INACSL Healthcare Simulation Standards of Best Practice.
- Provide specific strategies to incorporate medication administration into nursing simulations.
- Demonstrate techniques to maximize clinical learning outcomes and minimize medication errors for nursing students.
