Medication Error

Six c's nursing model, Nursing Code of Conduct, Standards of Nursing Practice in relation to Medication

Error.

Nursing issues such as Medication Errors are very common in nursing practice. Ample of reasons are

there to cause medication errors. But the main contributing factors are: work pressure, stress, lack of

knowledge & experience, absence of courage, sympathy/empathy. To minimise such incidents and

overcome the causes that leads to such issues, the adaptation of nursing model (6 C's) and

implementation of nursing code of conduct and standards of practice are quite helpful, which all are

interconnected as shown in this e-poster.

6 C's Code of Conduct Standards of

Nursing Practice

Promote Health &

Care & Compasion Well-being Comprehensive assessment &

evaluate outcome

Professional Integrity
Courage Therapeutic and professional relationships

& develop a plan for nursing plan

Communication
Practice safely, effectively &

Collaboratively
Thinks critically, analyse the safe, appropriate &

responsive quality of nursing practice

Competence & Commitment Work Legally

Maintain the capability for practice

References
American Nurses Association. Scope and standards of practice. 3rd edn. Silver Spring (MD) : American Nurses Association ; 2015.
Australian Nursing and Midwifery Council (2009) Registered Nurses. Standards and criteria for the Accreditation of nursing and Midwifery Courses leading to

registration, enrollment, endorsement and authorization in Australia-with evidence Guide. http://bit.lvA/eZXBT (accessed 11 August 2014)
Baillie, L. (2015). Perspectives: We need to talk about the 6 Cs: perspectives on recent debate. Journal of research in Nursing, 20(4), 331-336, doi:

10.1177/1744987115585642.
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Pharmacy Practice, 21, 413–416, doi: 10.1111/ijpp.12031.

Summer, (2017). Medication errors in the Intensive Care unit (ICU): exploring Why Mistakes happen and Strategies for Prevention. Dynamics of critical care, 28(2), 34-

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