Nursing Students' Behavioral Intentions Toward Medication Safety: A Cross-Sectional Study Based on the Theory of Planned Behavior.

ABSTRACT: Medication administration errors pose a significant risk to patient safety and the quality of healthcare. Measuring the involvement of nursing students in incidents during supervised clinical placements can be challenging. We aimed to evaluate nursing students' behavioral intentions to enhance medication safety using the Spanish version of the Theory of Planned Behavior-Medication Safety Questionnaire (TPB-MSQ-S). A cross-sectional design was utilized, involving 498 nursing students from the Basque Country. The TPB-MSQ-S demonstrated robust psychometric properties (content validity index = 0.91, Cronbach's α = 0.77). The TPB constructs correlated positively with students' decision to report errors (attitude r = 0.38, subjective norms r = 0.18, perceived behavioral control r = 0.17). Age wa

SUBMITTER: Zarandona J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12643790 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature