Knowledge and Perception Regarding Medication Error Among Nurses.

Susan Maharjan, Amrita Shrestha, Vivechana Shakya, Manju Maharjan, Bimala Panthee, Rashmi Joshi
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Abstract

Background: Patient safety is the major concern in providing quality care. Medication errors have been identified as the most common type of preventable errors. This study aimed to assess the knowledge and perception regarding medication error among nurses.

Methods: A quantitative cross-sectional research design was used. The study was conducted in four different private hospitals in Lalitpur. A total enumerative sampling technique was used to select 302 nurses from these hospitals. Descriptive statistical methods were used to assess socio-demographic variables and inferential statistics methods such as the chi-squared test was used to analyse the association between knowledge, perception, and its socio-demographic characteristics.

Results: Most of the respondents 244 (80.8%) agreed the cause of medication error occurs due to unclear handwriting and 217 (71.9%) agreed prescribing the wrong route or dose and time. Mostly respondents 126 (41.7%) had inadequate knowledge, 101 (33.4%) had adequate knowledge and 75 (24.8%) had moderate knowledge on medication error. Mostly respondents 273 (90.4%) had positive perception and 26 (8.6 %) had negative perception.

Conclusions: Most of the nurses had inadequate knowledge but has positive perception on medication error. Appropriate strategies for reducing nurses' workload, barriers to reporting, and sensitization workshops in a regular basis by the administrator should be developed to address medication errors and enhance patient safety in hospital settings.

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护士对用药错误的认识和看法。
背景:患者安全是提供优质护理的主要关注点。用药错误被认为是最常见的可预防错误类型。本研究旨在评估护士对用药错误的认识和看法:采用横断面定量研究设计。研究在拉利特普尔四家不同的私立医院进行。研究采用了全面计数抽样技术,从这些医院中抽取了 302 名护士。使用描述性统计方法评估社会人口学变量,并使用推论性统计方法(如卡方检验)分析知识、感知及其社会人口学特征之间的关联:大多数受访者 244 人(80.8%)同意用药错误的原因是字迹不清,217 人(71.9%)同意开错处方或剂量和时间。大多数受访者(126 人,占 41.7%)对用药错误的认识不足,101 人(占 33.4%)对用药错误的认识充分,75 人(占 24.8%)对用药错误的认识一般。大多数受访者(273 人,占 90.4%)对用药错误有积极的认识,26 人(占 8.6%)对用药错误有消极的认识:大多数护士对用药错误的认识不足,但有积极的看法。应制定适当的策略,减轻护士的工作量,减少报告的障碍,并由管理者定期举办宣传讲习班,以解决用药错误问题,加强医院环境中的患者安全。
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