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Registered Nurses Perception of Medication Errors: A Cross Sectional Study in Southeast of Iran


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1 Department of Clinical Research, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, India
2 Neuroscience Research Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran, Islamic Republic of
3 Department of Medical-surgical Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Bam University of Medical Sciences, Bam, Iran, Islamic Republic of
4 Shafa Hospital, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, Iran, Islamic Republic of
5 Shahid Bahonar Hospital, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, Iran, Islamic Republic of
6 Social Health Determinants Research Center, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, Iran, Islamic Republic of
7 Department of Intensive and Critical Care, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, Iran, Islamic Republic of
8 Department of Medical-surgical Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran, Islamic Republic of
     

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Aim: Nurses have an important role in decreasing Medication Errors (MEs). The purpose of this study was to determine registered nurses perception of MEs.

Method: In a cross-sectional study conducted in four educational hospitals in southeast of Iran, 238 registered nurses working within these hospitals were studied. Data were collected using Iranian nurses' medication errors questionnaire.

Results: Of the 238 nurses, 93.1% were women. Factors such as lack of staff to patients ratio, nurses fatigue from hard work, having difficulty to read physician's writing on the patients file, nurses' heavy workload and work in night shift were the most common causes of MEs development which determined by nurses.

Conclusion: MEs may affect negatively on patients' health. Nursing educational systems should have more attention to nurses' perception on MEs and could consider their view in planning and education in order to decline MEs.


Keywords

Medication Error, Nurse, Perception, Cross Sectional
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Authors

Zahra Esmaeli Abdar
Department of Clinical Research, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, India
Haleh Tajaddini
Neuroscience Research Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran, Islamic Republic of
Azam Bazrafshan
Department of Clinical Research, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, India
Hadi Khoshab
Department of Medical-surgical Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Bam University of Medical Sciences, Bam, Iran, Islamic Republic of
Asghar Tavan
Shafa Hospital, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, Iran, Islamic Republic of
Giti Afsharpoor
Shahid Bahonar Hospital, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, Iran, Islamic Republic of
R. N. Masoud Amiri
Social Health Determinants Research Center, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, Iran, Islamic Republic of
Hossein Rafiei
Department of Intensive and Critical Care, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, Iran, Islamic Republic of
Mohammad Esmaeili Abdar
Department of Medical-surgical Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran, Islamic Republic of

Abstract


Aim: Nurses have an important role in decreasing Medication Errors (MEs). The purpose of this study was to determine registered nurses perception of MEs.

Method: In a cross-sectional study conducted in four educational hospitals in southeast of Iran, 238 registered nurses working within these hospitals were studied. Data were collected using Iranian nurses' medication errors questionnaire.

Results: Of the 238 nurses, 93.1% were women. Factors such as lack of staff to patients ratio, nurses fatigue from hard work, having difficulty to read physician's writing on the patients file, nurses' heavy workload and work in night shift were the most common causes of MEs development which determined by nurses.

Conclusion: MEs may affect negatively on patients' health. Nursing educational systems should have more attention to nurses' perception on MEs and could consider their view in planning and education in order to decline MEs.


Keywords


Medication Error, Nurse, Perception, Cross Sectional