Medication Error: simulation workshop based on electronic therapeutic record and research strategies to improve students’ knowledge on risk managemen

Introduction Therapeutic management plays a paramount role in patient safety. Nursing students are trained to administer medicines in frontal lessons held by University teachers. In the laboratory, they learn to read medical prescriptions, dilute and measure drug dosages, they get acquainted to procedures related to different approaches in drug administration and different ways to solve clinical cases. An internship is a main training step, as it offers students an opportunity to test their skills with real patients and medications in different settings.