Evaluation of medication administration errors by nurses in suez canal university hospitals

ABSTRACT

The study objective was to Evaluate Medication Administration Errors by Nurses in "Suez Canal University Hospitals. This study was conducted in the Medical and Surgical units [N=14] In Suez Canal University Hospital on 100 nurses work at Medical and Surgical units A descriptive exploratory design was used to conduct this study. Four tools were used, observational checklist to assess nurse's practice related to Medication Administration, Structured Interview questionnaire sheet to assess nurses' knowledge and their opinion about factors contributing to Medication Errors, Observational checklist [Rating scale] about nurses' attitude toward responsibility, accountability during medication administration, and ISMP rating scale for hospital medication environment. revealed that the nurses' level of knowledge and practice is satisfactory. Nurses' attitude is positive. Common factors affecting medication administration and can lead to Medication Errors related to patient, physician, and organization as well as others related to nurses' themselves. The present study concluded that there is no significance relation between nurses' level of knowledge, practice and their socio-demographic characteristics