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Patricia B McCarley1,2, Andrea M Bernard3,4, Kimberly Livingston5,4
1Nephrology Consultant, Nashville, TN.
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The outpatient dialysis clinic is a unique setting for nurses because they are required to prepare medications for administration. Since there is no nationally approved curriculum for instruction, nurses often learn drug preparation and administration from a preceptor or co-worker, leading to a wide variability in medication preparation and administration procedures. This article explores the multiple opportunities to improve medication preparation for safe administration in outpatient dialysis units.
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