How to Handle Med Errors

It is always important to respond appropriately in the face of a mistake.  If you handle it appropriately you can minimize problems and learn from your mistake.  Learn from an experienced nurse how to handle a med error.

Giving Meds Safely in Urgent Situations

When a situation becomes urgent you won’t have a lot of time to try to think through and process things.  We will help you know how to get through those urgent situations and give medications safely even when rushed.  

Tips to Avoid Med Errors

Medication math requires great attention to detail, and the math can be challenging.  Pharmacology is already very difficult to master with interesting medication names and lists of side effects and contraindications.  But, we are here to help with some tips that will help you avoid any med math errors.  

The S.O.C.K. Method for Mastering Nursing Pharmacology (our 4 step method)

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Mastering Pharmacology is one of the most complicated, overlooked, yet ESSENTIAL components of being a well-rounded, safe nurse. One of our primary foci at NRSNG is teaching Pharmacology.  While many nursing programs around the country are cutting Nursing Pharmacology from their curriculum or integrating it with other courses . . . we are doubling down […]

Ep206: What Medications Do I Need To Know As a Nurse?

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We hear from students all the time that their nursing program is cutting the pharmacology course . . . This drives me CRAZY! Pharmacology is one of the biggest components of our job as nurses and it is vital that we understand it well. I wish nursing schools would focus on teaching those things that […]