Medication errors and drug knowledge gaps among critical-care nurses: a mixed multi-method study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Medication errors are a serious and complex problem in clinical practice, especially in intensive care units whose patients can suffer potentially very serious consequences because of the critical nature of their diseases and the pharmacotherapy programs implemented in these patients. The origins of these errors discussed in the literature are wide-ranging, although far-reaching variables are of particular special interest to those involved in training nurses. The main objective of this research was to study if the level of knowledge that critical-care nurses have about the use and administration of medications is related to the most common medication errors.

Methods

This was a mixed (multi-method) study with three phases that combined quantitative and qualitative

SUBMITTER: Escriva Gracia J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6729050 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature