Nurses Knowledge on Prevention of Medication Error
Journal Title: Journal of Medical Science And clinical Research - Year 2018, Vol 6, Issue 3
Abstract
Nurses are playing a vital role in caring the sick and wounded people. One of the important aspect in caring the patient is administration of medication to the patient. While caring patient, nurses must follow ten rights in order to safeguard themselves from the legal liabilities. Though nurses are following them, they must be aware about the different forms of medication error and its consequences. The investigator aimed to assess the nurse’s knowledge on prevention of medication errors. A quantitative approach with descriptive survey design adopted for this study. Total of 50 nurses participated which includes 41 junior level nurses and 9 ward-in-charges. The study revealed that nurses had poor knowledge on prevention of medication error. Demographic variable like education had the association with nurse’s knowledge on prevention of medication error.
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A. Samundeeswari
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