A nursing educational intervention for Safely Administering Medications and Managing Interruptions Pilot (SAMMI-P): a cluster randomised controlled trial (C_RCT).
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Interruptions to medication preparation and administrationPublic Health - Health service research
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12615000811505
- Lead Sponsor
- Centre for Applied Nursing Research, Ingham Institute, South Western Sydney Local Health District
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 1440
Inclusion Criteria
Nursing Unit Manager of the general medical/surgical clinical areas within major metropolitan hospitals within South Western Sydney Local health District (cluster). Critical care units are excluded from the study.
Registered and Enrolled nurses (certified to undertake medication administration) who routinely administer medications to patients.
Patients admitted to the intervention and control wards who are receiving one or more medications.
Exclusion Criteria
Critical care units
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The number of interruptions (log of interruptions which occur during medication administration observed by research nurses over a one month period after delivery of the intervention) per 100 medication administration events of nurses receiving an education and simulation experience compared to nurses not receiving education.[Continuous assessment of interruptions (log of interruptions which occur during medication administration observed by research nurses) occurring when participant nurses administer medications over a one month period after delivery of the intervention.]
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method