Nursing Students' Medication Administration: A Focus on Hand Hygiene and Patient Identification.
Journal
The Journal of nursing education
ISSN: 1938-2421
Titre abrégé: J Nurs Educ
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 7705432
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jul 2023
Jul 2023
Historique:
medline:
10
7
2023
pubmed:
6
7
2023
entrez:
6
7
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Procedural failures during medication administration include a lack of appropriate hand hygiene and failure to verify patient identification prior to administration of medication. Procedural failures are common among nurses and nursing students and can lead to serious patient harm. A descriptive cross-sectional research design was used to collect observational data from a simulation-based experience of a medication administration scenario. Thirty-five senior baccalaureate nursing students from two geographically distant universities in the United States participated in the study. All of the participants made at least one procedural failure during the simulated experience. Hand hygiene compliance was 40.3%, and patient identification compliance was 43.8%. Students often failed to comply with medication administration safety guidelines. Nursing programs must make changes to the methods used to teach safe medication administration to prepare students for this critical skill.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
Procedural failures during medication administration include a lack of appropriate hand hygiene and failure to verify patient identification prior to administration of medication. Procedural failures are common among nurses and nursing students and can lead to serious patient harm.
METHOD
METHODS
A descriptive cross-sectional research design was used to collect observational data from a simulation-based experience of a medication administration scenario.
RESULTS
RESULTS
Thirty-five senior baccalaureate nursing students from two geographically distant universities in the United States participated in the study. All of the participants made at least one procedural failure during the simulated experience. Hand hygiene compliance was 40.3%, and patient identification compliance was 43.8%.
CONCLUSION
CONCLUSIONS
Students often failed to comply with medication administration safety guidelines. Nursing programs must make changes to the methods used to teach safe medication administration to prepare students for this critical skill.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37413672
doi: 10.3928/01484834-20230614-01
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Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
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