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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/families-are-struggling-use-medicines-home-we-must-truly-involve-them-their-own-safety
February 02, 2022 - This article discusses errors that parents make in providing medications to their children. … The authors advocate for engaging parents as partners to improve care safety in the home. … December 14, 2022
A systematic review on pediatric medication errors by parents or caregivers
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/parent-reported-errors-and-adverse-events-hospitalized-children
June 29, 2009 - Study
Classic
Parent-reported errors and adverse events … Parent-reported errors and adverse events in hospitalized children. … In this study, parents of pediatric inpatients were asked if their children experienced any safety incidents … Physician reviewers evaluated parents' reports and designated incidents as errors or quality issues or … Parent-reported errors and adverse events in hospitalized children.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medical-error-disclosure-among-pediatricians-choosing-carefully-what-we-might-say-parents
July 10, 2008 - Medical error disclosure among pediatricians: choosing carefully what we might say to parents … pediatricians were presented with error scenarios and asked to describe what they would disclose to the child's parents … April 24, 2019
Parents' medication administration errors: role of dosing instruments
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medication-errors-outpatient-pediatrics
December 07, 2022 - This commentary describes factors that contribute to incorrect medication administration by parents … The author proposes several tactics to promote safe medication practices by parents which include picture-based … June 5, 2024
Parents' understanding of medication at discharge and potential harm in
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/adverse-drug-events-pediatric-outpatients
February 06, 2008 - study , but nearly three-quarters of events were attributable to errors in administering drugs by the parents … Parents also did not consistently inform clinicians of ameliorable ADEs when they occurred, leading the … authors to conclude that communication between clinicians and parents around the issue of medication … June 3, 2015
Communicating doses of pediatric liquid medicines to parents/caregivers:
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/853234/psn-pdf
September 06, 2023 - This study compared parent and pediatrician perspectives on home medication safety for children
aged … Approximately 80% of pediatricians thought parents consulted the internet for
information about their … child's care and medications, and an equal percent of parents reported consulting
their healthcare … contributor to
medication errors, and most pediatricians supported the idea of a mechanism for collecting parent-reported
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/language-barrier
February 28, 2024 - healthy 10-month-old girl was taken to a pediatrician's office by her monolingual Spanish-speaking parents … The parents were thankful for the attention and nodded in understanding. … The parents administered the medication at home and, within 15 minutes, the 10-month-old vomited twice … At the time of discharge from the hospital, the nurse counseled the parents on proper dosing through … Parents can dose medication accurately. Pediatrics. 1997 ;100:330 -333.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/using-inpatient-portal-engage-families-pediatric-hospital-care
September 13, 2023 - This study found that parents of hospitalized children used the Internet-based patient portal and reported … Parents perceived that the portal would reduce medical errors. … December 19, 2018
Provider perspectives on partnering with parents of hospitalized children
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/861767/psn-pdf
January 31, 2024 - psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/health-literacy-informed-communication-reduce-discharge-medication-errors-
hospitalized
Parents … Parents in the intervention arm were less likely to
have dosing errors and demonstrated greater recall … /teach-back-patients-perspective
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/pictograms-units-and-dosing-tools-and-parent-medication-errors-randomized-study
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/liquid-medication-errors-and-dosing-tools-randomized-controlled-experiment
December 21, 2017 - About 84% of parents made at least one dosing error, and 21% made at least one large error, defined as … Related Resources From the Same Author(s)
Pictograms, units and dosing tools, and parent … December 21, 2017
Liquid medication dosing errors by Hispanic parents: role of health … April 24, 2018
Parents' medication administration errors: role of dosing instruments … December 9, 2009
Unit of measurement used and parent medication dosing errors.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/confusion-acetaminophen
December 01, 2009 - The Case Parents brought their 5-year-old son to the emergency department (ED) with a 24-hour history … Further discussion with the parents revealed that they misread the instructions about administering liquid … acetaminophen safety, including dosing and forms of available preparations, as well as emphasizing to parents … varying concentrations, thus creating potential for confusion ( Figure 1 ), particularly for those parents … manufacturers to prepare a “handout” (or display) at the point of sale with dosing instructions for parents
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-perspectives-how-physicians-communicate-diagnostic-uncertainty-experimental-vignette
August 07, 2019 - In this study, participants (parents of pediatric patients) were assigned to read one of three clinical … Improve Family Experience and Communication Processes)
January 31, 2024
Are parents … December 19, 2018
Misuse of pediatric medications and parent–physician communication: … April 12, 2017
Parents' perspectives on "keeping their children safe" in the hospital
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45318/psn-pdf
September 28, 2016 - This
commentary describes factors that contribute to incorrect medication administration by parents, … The author proposes several tactics to
promote safe medication practices by parents which include picture-based … pediatric-adverse-drug-events-outpatient-setting-11-year-national-analysis
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/parents-medication-administration-errors-role-dosing-instruments-and-health-literacy
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/837913/psn-pdf
August 31, 2022 - at shift change might have prevented the
care delays and resulting need for air transport and poor parent … families’ stress during this acute event and hinder families’ trust in their child’s
providers.35 Parent … stress leads to child distress,37-39 and parent distress and distrust may accumulate to
negatively … Research supports that family-centered care is associated
with improved care quality, trust, parent … satisfaction, parent anxiety, and lower costs.42-44
Barriers to delivering family-centered care include
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43379/psn-pdf
August 14, 2014 - Unit of measurement used and parent medication dosing
errors. … Unit of measurement used and parent medication dosing errors. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/unit-measurement-used-and-parent-medication-dosing-errors
This study found … that parents given pediatric medication instructions using milliliter-only units made half as
many … dosing errors as parents that used teaspoon or tablespoon units.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/afraid-hospital-parental-concern-errors-during-childs-hospitalization
April 21, 2011 - This survey of parents of hospitalized children found that nearly two-thirds felt personally responsible … This need was felt most strongly by parents with limited English skills, and in fact, prior research … March 23, 2011
Parents' perceptions of medical errors.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ignored-threatened-berated-after-difficult-childbirth-experiences-new-parents-seek-healing
December 04, 2019 - Article
Ignored, threatened, berated: after difficult childbirth experiences, new parents … Citation Text:
Ignored, threatened, berated: after difficult childbirth experiences, new parents seek … Citation
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Ignored, threatened, berated: after difficult childbirth experiences, new parents
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/38940/psn-pdf
November 25, 2009 - majority of adverse drug events in children can be ascribed to incorrect medication administration by
parents … pharmacists would seem to be an effective way of
preventing such errors, but this study found that parents … Parents who received medication education were not statistically less likely to commit a medication
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/37226/psn-pdf
December 15, 2011 - study, but nearly three-quarters of events were attributable to errors in administering drugs by
the parents … Parents also did not consistently inform clinicians of ameliorable ADEs when they occurred,
leading … the authors to conclude that communication between clinicians and parents around the issue of
medication
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/communicating-doses-pediatric-liquid-medicines-parentscaregivers-comparison-written-dosing
July 10, 2024 - Study
Communicating doses of pediatric liquid medicines to parents/caregivers: a … Communicating doses of pediatric liquid medicines to parents/caregivers: a comparison of written dosing … Communicating doses of pediatric liquid medicines to parents/caregivers: a comparison of written dosing