Implementation of a Nurse-Initiated Protocol to Improve Enteral Medication Administration Documentation in Stroke Patients.

BACKGROUND: Medication documentation falls under the "7 rights" of medication administration, but strategies to prevent medication administration documentation errors (MADEs) related to route of administration are underreported in the literature. This study aimed to report the outcomes of a nurse-initiated protocol designed to prevent MADEs and align both actual and documented medication administration routes in hospitalized stroke patients with feeding tubes (FTs). METHODS: This was a retrospective descriptive study conducted at a Comprehensive Stroke Center and large academic medical center in the Western United States.