Factors influencing paediatric nurses' responses to medication administration


Autoria(s): Davis, Leigh M.; Ware, Robert S.; McCann, Damhnat; Keogh, Samantha; Watson, Karen
Data(s)

08/04/2010

Resumo

Objective: To evaluate the importance of contextual and policy factors on nurses’ judgment about medication administration practice.---------- Design: A questionnaire survey of responses to a number of factorial vignettes in June 2004. These vignettes considered a combination of seven contextual and policy factors that were thought to influence nurses’ judgments relating to medication administration.---------- Participants: 185 (67% of eligible) clinical paediatric nursing staff returned completed questionnaires.--------- Setting: A tertiary paediatric hospital in Brisbane, Australia.---------- Results: Double checking the patient, double checking the drug and checking the legality of the prescription were the three strongest predictors of nurses’ actions regarding medication administration.--------- Conclusions: Policy factors and not contextual factors drive nurses’ judgment in response to hypothetical scenarios.

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application/pdf

Identificador

http://eprints.qut.edu.au/31806/

Publicador

B M J Group

Relação

http://eprints.qut.edu.au/31806/1/c31806.pdf

DOI:10.1136/qshc.2008.028852

Davis, Leigh M., Ware, Robert S., McCann, Damhnat, Keogh, Samantha, & Watson, Karen (2010) Factors influencing paediatric nurses' responses to medication administration. Quality and Safety in Health Care.

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Fonte

Faculty of Health; Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation; School of Nursing

Palavras-Chave #111003 Clinical Nursing - Secondary (Acute Care) #Medication Errors #Questionnaires #Pediatric Nursing #Factorial Vignettes
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Journal Article