Nayereh Baghcheghi; Hamid Reza Koohestani
Volume 7, Issue 1 , July 2010, , Pages 75-78
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Background & Objective : Drug calculation is an essential skill for nurses However numerous studies have demonstrated that such a skill is weak among nursing students or even nurses This study was designed to determine the effect of education through workshop on nursing students rapid and sustained ...
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Background & Objective : Drug calculation is an essential skill for nurses However numerous studies have demonstrated that such a skill is weak among nursing students or even nurses This study was designed to determine the effect of education through workshop on nursing students rapid and sustained learning regarding infused drug calculating skills Methods : In this semiexperimental study 28 nursing students studying in the second semester were recruited Data was collected using a questionnaire including demographic information and ten questions about infused drug calculating This questionnaire was distributed before immediately after and 3 months after the workshop Results : The students mean ( ± SD) score in pretest was 423 ( ±243) and it was 1822 (±133) and 1412 (±57) in two consecutive posttests respectively Comparing the mean scores revealed that the mean scores of the first and second posttests were significantly higher than pretest while the second posttest score was significantly less than the first one (p
Nayereh Baghcheghi; Hamid Reza Koohestani
Volume 5, Issue 1 , July 2008, , Pages 43-49
Abstract
Background & Objective: The intravenous administration of drugs is a complex process in which errors may cause detrimental outcomes for patients and an increase in healthcare costs This study was performed to ascertain the frequency type and causes of errors made by senior nursing students in intravenous ...
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Background & Objective: The intravenous administration of drugs is a complex process in which errors may cause detrimental outcomes for patients and an increase in healthcare costs This study was performed to ascertain the frequency type and causes of errors made by senior nursing students in intravenous drug preparation and administration Methods: In this descriptive study which was conducted in four wards (internal surgery Coronary Care Unit and neurosurgery) in two teaching hospitals in Arak 52 nursing students were observed during preparation and administration of intravenous drugs between 7 to 8 times by an observer Errors were checked in each step The observer intervened in case a potential error was about to happen and this was considered as an error too Data was collected using a researcher made questionnaire Results: In 372 registered observations 153 errors were detected while in 139 cases at least one error occurred The most frequent error in drug preparation was in solvent and diluting (268%) The most common error in administration was inappropriate infusion rate (1155%) The most common cause of errors was inadequate pharmacologic knowledge (1895%) Most errors in drug field were related to heparin (10 cases) ceftazidime (7 cases) phenytoin (6 cases) dopamine (6 cases) and vancomycin (5 cases) Conclusion: This study shows that making errors in intravenous drug preparation and administration is highly probable amongst nursing students Educational content should be designed in order to reduce these errors Also it seems that the strategy of unsupervised medication administration by senior nursing students needs to be revised