A nurse who works in a correctional facility asks whether it is legal to hold a court-ordered psychotropic medication, and if so, under what circumstances.

A study published Monday found that nurses make more medication errors when they are interrupted during the task. Interruptions are known to increase on-the-job mistakes.

If you are providing injections, you are administering medication, which is a nursing function. Registered nurses (RNs) need an order from an authorized prescriber in order to administer medication.

Read about how an agency nurse made errors while administering medication in a nursing home and also failed to adequately care for patients in a hospital.

A nurse working at a hospice faced the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s fitness to practise panel after making numerous errors with regards to the administration of medication.

Nurses who are interrupted while administering medication appear to have an increased risk of making medication errors, according to a report in the April 26 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine.

Arlington Heights Elementary District 25 school board members have fired a school nurse under investigation for dispensing the wrong medication to students. During a special meeting Wednesday ...

A North East nurse has been suspended after making multiple medication errors that saw the wrong patients being given drugs.

The Texas School Nurses Organization sent out new guidelines about administering medication, causing area districts to scramble.

A nurse attempted to cover up his mistakes as he failed to give medication to patients in a care home. Akinkunmi Akintunde was placed under investigation by the home manager at Brunelcare in ...

Chesapeake Regional Healthcare is alerting patients who received care from a former Chesapeake Regional Medical Center nurse who was reusing needleless syringes, according to a release.

A colleague recalled he “did not appear concerned” about missed medication A nurse attempted to cover up his mistakes as he failed to give medication to patients in a care home. Akinkunmi ...