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Managing High-alert Medication Administration and Errors

Completed
Conditions
Knowledge
Competence
Nurse's Role
Practice Nurse's Scope
Error Disclosure
Interventions
Other: high-alert medication administration
Registration Number
NCT06366607
Lead Sponsor
Matrouh University
Brief Summary

High-alert medications are drugs that may lead to serious harm when they are wrongly administered to patients. Safe medication administration is the crucial role of nursing staff.

Detailed Description

High-alert medications are drugs that may lead to serious harm when they are wrongly administered to patients. Safe medication administration is the crucial role of nursing staff. This study aims to investigate the relationships between medication safety climate and nurses' knowledge about high-alert medications with managing their administration and errors.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
300
Inclusion Criteria
  • Nurses

    • willing to participate in the study
    • work in surgical intensive and critical care units
    • Sign a consent
Exclusion Criteria
  • Nurses
  • Work in outpatient units and other units
  • Did not sign a consent

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
nurseshigh-alert medication administrationNurses worked in surgical intensive and critical care units
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Questionnaire to measure nurses' knowledge about high-alert medication administrationone month

Nurses' knowledge about high-alert medication administration as assessed binary scale.

Questionnaire to measure errors associated with administering high-alert medicationsone month

Errors associated with administering high-alert medications as assessed using a binary scale ( Yes=1 , No=0)

Questionnaire to measure medication safety climateone month

Medication safety climate as assessed using five-point Likert scale ranging from strongly disagree (1 point) to strongly agree (5 points).

Questionnaire to measure nurses' competencyone month

Nurses' competency during the administration of high-alert medications as assessed using five- Likert scales ((0 = not appropriate at all in administering high-alert medications up to 4 = very often appropriate in administering high-alert medications)

observational check list to measure nurses' practice during administration of high-alert medicationsone month

Observing nurses' practice during the administration of high alert medications as assessed using five Likert scales (0=inappropriate practice up to 4=appropriate practice)

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Faculty of Nursing, Matrouh University

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Mersa Matruh, Egypt

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