Competence, Error Disclosure, Knowledge, Nurse's Role, Practice Nurse's Scope
Conditions
Keywords
Medication safety climate, Managing, High-alert medication, Administration, Errors, Nurses' role
Brief summary
High-alert medications are drugs that may lead to serious harm when they are wrongly administered to patients. Safe medication administration is the crucial role of nursing staff.
Detailed description
High-alert medications are drugs that may lead to serious harm when they are wrongly administered to patients. Safe medication administration is the crucial role of nursing staff. This study aims to investigate the relationships between medication safety climate and nurses' knowledge about high-alert medications with managing their administration and errors.
Interventions
OTHERhigh-alert medication administration
high-alert medication administration
Sponsors
Matrouh University
Study design
Observational model
OTHER
Time perspective
CROSS_SECTIONAL
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Nurses * willing to participate in the study * work in surgical intensive and critical care units * Sign a consent
Exclusion criteria
\- Nurses * Work in outpatient units and other units * Did not sign a consent
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Questionnaire to measure nurses' knowledge about high-alert medication administration | one month | Nurses' knowledge about high-alert medication administration as assessed binary scale. |
| Questionnaire to measure medication safety climate | one month | Medication safety climate as assessed using five-point Likert scale ranging from strongly disagree (1 point) to strongly agree (5 points). |
| Questionnaire to measure nurses' competency | one month | Nurses' competency during the administration of high-alert medications as assessed using five- Likert scales ((0 = not appropriate at all in administering high-alert medications up to 4 = very often appropriate in administering high-alert medications) |
| observational check list to measure nurses' practice during administration of high-alert medications | one month | Observing nurses' practice during the administration of high alert medications as assessed using five Likert scales (0=inappropriate practice up to 4=appropriate practice) |
| Questionnaire to measure errors associated with administering high-alert medications | one month | Errors associated with administering high-alert medications as assessed using a binary scale ( Yes=1 , No=0) |
Countries
Egypt
Outcome results
None listed