Abstract: Introduction and objective: Medication errors as a serious problem in the world and one of the most common medical errors that can endanger patient safety and even cause the death of them . The aim of this study was to examine the causes of medication errors and strategies to avoid them from the point of view of nurses and nursing students.
Materials & Methods: This cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out in 327 Pharmacy staff of KFMC and 62 nursing interns at School of Nursing ,KSA, enrolled to the availability sampling in 2015. The Data was collected from the valid and Questionnaire reliable. To analyze the data, descriptive statistics, t-test and ANOVA using SPSS16 software. were applied
Results: The results showed that the most common causes of medication errors in nursing care are fatigue due to heavy workload were (97.8%), and in students of nursing were Medicines calculation, (77.4%) The more important way for prevention, according to nurses and nursing students, was to relieve the work pressure by a proportional increase to reduce staff to the number and status of Patients and also Creating a unit as Medicine bill.
Conclusion: Based on the results, the nursing managers are recommended to solve the staffing problem, offer workshops and on-the-job training about preparation medication, secondary effects of drugs and knowledge pharmacological. Use Electronics Medications Cards es a measurement das Reduced drug errors.
Keywords: drugs mistakes, nurse, nursing students, prevention, strategies, point of view.
Title: Medication Errors and Strategies to Prevention of them from Nurses, Pharmacists and Nursing Student Viewpoint
Author: Yasir Ahmed, Ghadeer Faisal Almutairi, Kholoud Nasser Alrami, Lulwah Abdullah Al Bekairi, Fatima Obaid alkharji, Wael Ahmed Al Harbi, Abdullah Saud Aldugim, Raed Abdulaziz Alkhayyal, Abdulrahman Zaed AlMutairi
International Journal of Healthcare Sciences
ISSN 2348-5728 (Online)
Vol. 10, Issue 2, October 2022 - March 2023
Page No: 49-56
Research Publish Journals
Website: www.researchpublish.com
Published Date: 18-October-2022
