The field of nursing has evolved over time and continues to change every day. The many changes are accompanied by an improvement in the quality of care that nurses provide on a daily basis. For example, nurses never wore gloves when performing the majority of their tasks, such as administering injections or going to the patient bathroom. Over time, many patients were found to carry diseases that were easily transmitted through bodily fluids or blood. As a result of this discovery, nurses began wearing gloves when providing the majority of their nursing care. This not only helped protect nurses from many illnesses, but also patients. Nurses did not transfer germs and bacteria from patient to patient because they wore gloves with each patient and threw them away when finished. This is just one example of how the quality of nursing care has evolved over time. There are many more, with the majority of changes involving the administration of medications. Improving the accuracy and efficiency of medication delivery contributes greatly to improving the overall quality of nursing care. Medications are essential to improving a patient's health and comfort level. The nurse's priority is to ensure that the patient is safe when taking the majority of medications that many of them take. Nurses should take vital signs, reassess and evaluate the effectiveness of all medications administered. Medications function to maintain a person's blood pressure, pulse, fluid balance, thyroid function, and many other things. There are also many different types of pain relievers that are important when trying to improve a patient's health because their health is more likely to improve if they are pain-free and comfortable. ...... middle of paper ......), 243-248. Retrieved from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?Db=pubmed&Cmd=Retrieve&list_uids=24308090&dopt=abstractplus Tzeng, H., Yin, C., and Schneider, T.E. (2013). Problems related to medication errors in nursing practice. MEDSURG Nursing, 22(1), 13-50. Retrieved from http://ezproxy.ivcc.edu:2240/sp3.11.0a/ovidweb.cgi?&S=BGPFPPKNHIDDLPGANCMKDBMCBPDPAA00&Complete+Reference=S.sh.51%7c1%7c1Wu, M., Lee, T., Tsai, T ., Lin, K., Huang, C., Mills, M. (2013). Evaluation of a mobile shift reporting system on nursing documentation quality. CIN: Computers, Informatics, Nursing, 31(2), 85-93. doi:10.1097/NXN.0b013e318266cac3Yun, L., Clifford, P., Bjorneby, A., Thompson, B., Vannorman, S., Won, K., & Larsen, K. (2013). Improved quality through implementation of discharge order reconciliation. American Journal of Health System Pharmacy, 70(9), 815-820. doi:10.2146/ajhp120050