Learning Together Matters: Interprofessional Education to Avoid Medication Errors

Iranian Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Research1735-906626620211101Learning Together Matters: Interprofessional Education to Avoid Medication Errors18551855ENLecturer, Maternal and Child Health Department, College of Nursing, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, OmanLecturer, Maternal and Child Health Department, College of Nursing, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, OmanLecturer, Maternal and Child Health Department, College of Nursing, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, OmanLecturer, Fundamental and Administration Department, College of Nursing, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, OmanStaff Nurse and Team Leader, Antenatal OPD, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Oman2021102520211025<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT','serif'; color: #231f20;">Dear Editor, Medication error occurs while committing mistakes in the steps from prescribing the medications to administering it, resulting in an adverse drug event.</span><span style="font-size: 6.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT','serif'; color: #231f20;">[1] </span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT','serif'; color: #231f20;">Is the physician, the pharmacist, or the nurse being solely liable? No, it is an entire process involving the clinician who prescribes it, the pharmacist who delivers it, and the nurse who administers it. It is time to emphasize the importance of having a multiprofessional approach by embedding Interprofessional Education (IPE) models in the respective curriculums.</span><span style="font-size: 6.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT','serif'; color: #231f20;">[2]…………….</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial-BoldMT','serif'; color: #ba0170;"><br style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial-BoldMT','serif'; color: #ba0170;" /></span></strong></p>http://ijnmr.mui.ac.ir/index.php/ijnmr/article/view/1855http://ijnmr.mui.ac.ir/index.php/ijnmr/article/download/1855/70707426