Nursing students' medication errors and their opinions on the reasons of errors: A cross-sectional survey.
J Pak Med Assoc
; 65(5): 457-62, 2015 May.
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| ID: mdl-26028376
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To determine number and type of medication administration errors made by nursing students, and to explore the rate of reportings, emotions after the errors and the causes of errors.METHODS:
The cross-sectional study was conducted at the two schools of nursing, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey, in February 2009, and comprised students having worked in hospital settings for a minimum of one semester and who had been involved in administering medications. SPSS 13 was used for statistical analysis.RESULTS:
Of the 324 subjects in the study, 124(38.3%) had made an error in clinical/field applications. Overall, 402 medication administration errors had been reported of which 155 (38.6%) were detected and corrected by academic nurses. The most common error reported was deviation from aseptic technique in 96(23.8%) cases. Most common emotions resulting from errors were fear in 45(28.8%) and anxiety in 37(23.5%). Most common cause was performance deficit in 141(43.4%) cases and the most common contributing factor was workload declared by 179(55.2%).CONCLUSIONS:
The error rate among nursing students was high whereas reporting of errors was low.Palavras-chave
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Gestão de Riscos
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Estudantes de Enfermagem
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Atitude do Pessoal de Saúde
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Erros de Medicação
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Pak Med Assoc
Ano de publicação:
2015
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Turquia