Perceptions on Medication Administration Errors (MAEs) among nurses at a tertiary government hospital.
Appl Nurs Res
; 79: 151822, 2024 Oct.
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ABSTRACT
AIM:
To identify the nurses' perceptions on the occurrence of Medication Administration Errors (MAEs) and barriers to reporting using the MAE Reporting Survey.BACKGROUND:
MAEs is a serious public health threat that causes patient injury, death, and results to expensive health care.METHODS:
Descriptive statistical analysis.RESULTS:
The most frequent reasons for MAEs according to the nurses were physicians' medication orders are not legible (4.67 ± 1.21) and unit staffing levels are inadequate (4.63 ± 1.45). The most frequent reason for unreported MAEs were when med errors occur, nursing administration focuses on the individual rather than looking at the systems as a potential cause of the error (4.95 ± 4.33) and nurses could be blamed if something happens to the patient as a result of the medication error (4.29 ± 1.48). The highest prevalent non-IV related MAEs included wrong time of administration (M = 3.02 ± 2.37) and medication administered after the order to discontinue has been written (M = 2.60 ± 2.11), both with 0-20 % of reported non-IV MAEs. The highest prevalent IV related MAEs included wrong time of administration (M = 2.76 ± 2.29) and medication administered after the order to discontinue has been written (M = 2.45 ± 2.01). More than half (n = 95, % = 54.29) of the respondents stated that 0-20 % of all types of medication errors, including IV and non-IV medication errors are reported.CONCLUSIONS:
The findings supported the notion that nurses perceive low percentages of MAEs reporting.Palabras clave
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Centros de Atención Terciaria
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Errores de Medicación
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Personal de Enfermería en Hospital
Límite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Appl Nurs Res
Asunto de la revista:
ENFERMAGEM
Año:
2024
Tipo del documento:
Article
Pais de publicación:
Estados Unidos