Serva Rezaee; Mohammad-Iraj Bagheri-Saweh; Bijan Nouri; Sina Valiee
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Background: Medication error represents one of the parameters of patient safety.Objectives: The aim of present study was to investigate the effect of the effect of simulation-based debriefing on adherence to correct principles and medication administration competence in nursing students.Methods: Internship ...
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Background: Medication error represents one of the parameters of patient safety.Objectives: The aim of present study was to investigate the effect of the effect of simulation-based debriefing on adherence to correct principles and medication administration competence in nursing students.Methods: Internship nursing students entered this experimental study using the census method. Afterward, the participants were assigned to intervention (n=18)and control (n=17) groups. Two methods were employed for data collection, namely observation and self-report questionnaires. The collected data were analyzed using STATA software (version 12) and non-parametric statistical tests.Results: A significant statistical difference was found between the mean scores of adherence to correct principles of medication administration and medication administration competence before, 2, and 5 weeks after the simulation in the intervention group (P=0.0001).Conclusion: The results revealed that the simulation-based debriefing improved the nursing students’ competence in medication administration. Therefore, this method in various groups of students and a clinical and practical environment is highly recommended for other students in clinical settings.
Mozhgan Kalantarzadeh; Maryam Hosseinnejad
Volume 12, Issue 1 , May 2015, , Pages 76-83
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Background & Objective: Medication errors is one of the most common medical errors a universal problem and serious threat to patient safety and in some cases can result in patient death Therefore understanding the different aspects of this problem can provide an opportunity to prevent and ...
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Background & Objective: Medication errors is one of the most common medical errors a universal problem and serious threat to patient safety and in some cases can result in patient death Therefore understanding the different aspects of this problem can provide an opportunity to prevent and minimize this issue The purpose of this study was to explore medication errors among nursing students in Kerman city Iran Methods: In this descriptive crosssectional study all nursing students in their 7th and 8th term (n = 90) were recruited using census method in 20122013 The data collection tool was a researchermade questionnaire including questions related to demographic data and medication errors The validity and reliability of the questionnaire were approved Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and chisquare test in SPSS software Results: The results showed that 844% of students were female and 663% of students had witnessed or discovered medication errors by other students In addition 6697% (n = 60) of the students confirmed their medication errors (total of 101 errors) Based on this the average of medication errors of the whole sample was 112 The highest rate of error was related to intravenous injection (683%) and the lowest to subcutaneous injection (18%) The most prevalent types of medication errors were wrong dose (417%) and infusion rate (467%) There were no statistically significant relationships between medication errors and gender age marital status and work experience (P > 005) Conclusion: This study showed that the incidence rate of medication errors among nursing students is high Therefore this issue necessitates additional attention from the education system in order to provide patients with safe care services which is their inalienable right and obtain their satisfaction
