Paediatric Emergency Nurses' Perception of Medication Errors: A Qualitative Study.

ABSTRACT: Patient safety is fundamental to healthcare. Adverse events, particularly medication errors, cause harm to patients, especially the paediatric population in the emergency department.

Aim

To explore paediatric emergency nurses' perceptions of medication administration errors.

Method

A qualitative, ethnomethodological, descriptive study. The participants were nurses working in the paediatric emergency department. Data were collected through in-depth individual interviews with paediatric emergency nurses. The study excluded nurses employed for less than six months. Ten individual interviews were carried out. All interviews were face-to-face and audio-recorded with the participant's consent. Interviews took between 52 min and 1 h 25 min. A questions guide was followed during the

SUBMITTER: Collado-Gonzalez B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11503309 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature