Abstract: One of the fundamental ideas in the healthcare industry and a crucial component of the caliber of medical care is patient safety. Finding prescription mistakes and their causes is one of the crucial steps in promoting patient safety. The most frequent health-threatening errors and a worldwide issue are treatment errors, as B. Medication errors. Executing medicine prescriptions is a critical component of a nurse's performance and a crucial aspect of the treatment and care process.
The purpose of this study was to examine the reporting rate of medication errors, the types of errors, and their causes among emergency department nurses. In this descriptive study, 94 nurses from the emergency department of King Fahad Medical city were selected based on the census. 2010-2011. The data collection tool was a researcher-designed questionnaire consisting of two parts: demographic information and types and causes of medication errors. After confirming the superficial validity of the content, the reliability of the questionnaire with Cronbach's alpha was determined to be 0.91. test.
The data analyzes were performed using descriptive statistics and inferential statistics. SPSS-16 software was used in this study and P values less than 05 were considered significant. The average age of the nurses was 27 years.
7 ± 3.4 years and her professional experience was 7.3 ± 3.4 years. Of the participants 46.
8% had made medication errors in the last year and the majority (69.04%) had made the errors only once. The predominant types of medication errors related to infusion rates (33.
3%) and administer two doses of medication instead of one (23.8%). The most important causes of medication errors were the lack of nurses (47.6%) and the lack of sufficient pharmacological information (30).
9%). This study demonstrated that medication errors are a significant nursing issue in the emergency department and that there is a substantial chance of medication errors among nurses. The number of nurses should be increased, emergency department nurses' workload should be adjusted, professional development training should be provided to staff to improve their knowledge of drugs, the training procedure should be changed, nurses should be encouraged to report medical errors, and hospital administrators should be encouraged to constructively respond to errors. enhancing patient security
Keywords: medication errors, nurse, patient safety, emergency department.
Title: Medication errors of nurses in the emergency department in Saudi Arabia
Author: Yasir Awad Ahmed, Tamam Ayed Alenizi, Eman Tuwairish Alenazi, Kholoud Nawaf Naif Al harbi, Afrah Ogla Alshammari
International Journal of Healthcare Sciences
ISSN 2348-5728 (Online)
Vol. 10, Issue 2, October 2022 - March 2023
Page No: 42-48
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Published Date: 17-October-2022
