Wei Shi¹ , Mingzi Huang² , Yeli Huang³

1 Jingnan Medical Area, Chinese People's Liberation Army General Hospital, Haidian, 100048, Beijing, China
2 Liuliqiao Outpatient Department, Jingnan Medical Area, Chinese People's Liberation Army General Hospital, Southern Medical Branch of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Haidian, 10039, Beijing, China
3 The Sixth Medical Center, Chinese People’s Liberation Army General Hospital, Haidian, 100048, Beijing, China
Author    Correspondence author
International Journal of Clinical Case Reports, 2026, Vol. 16, No. 1   doi: 10.5376/ijccr.2026.16.0003
Received: 09 Dec., 2025    Accepted: 15 Jan., 2026    Published: 02 Feb., 2026

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Shi W., Huang M.Z., and Huang Y.L., 2026, The role of nurses in medication reconciliation, patient education, and adherence management, International Journal of Clinical Case Reports, 16(1): 19-30 (doi: 10.5376/ijccr.2026.16.0003)

This study explored the core role of nursing staff in the drug safety management system. Nursing staff do not merely implement safety regulations; they also bear the core responsibilities of drug risk warning and prevention. In the drug verification process, nursing staff, through multiple duties such as prescription review, risk identification of medication use, and dynamic monitoring of high-risk drugs, build a crucial defense line to ensure the safety of patients' medication use. In the dimension of medication education, nursing staff, through the formulation of personalized guidance plans and the implementation of medication risk notification education, enhance patients' health literacy and self-care ability, and help them accelerate the recovery process. In the field of medication compliance management, nursing staff can significantly improve the long-term medication compliance level of patients with chronic diseases by establishing an efficient communication mechanism, implementing regular follow-up plans, and providing continuous nursing services. This study also analyzed the core challenges faced by nursing staff when conducting drug management work, and proposed that through strengthening professional training, improving the management system framework, and deepening interdisciplinary collaboration mechanisms, the role of nursing staff in the entire process of drug management can be guaranteed, which has important practical value and academic significance for improving the safety of drug treatment and optimizing clinical intervention effects.

Nurses; Medication reconciliation; Patient education; Medication adherence; Medication safety management