The Use of Protocol Cues to Improve Medication Competency of Nursing Students.

摘要

Approximately 7,000 hospital patients die each year as a result of complications resulting from medication-related errors. Nurses hold the primary responsibility for administering medications to patients in the hospital setting. Nurse educators must teach and reinforce the use of safety protocols to prevent errors and improve patient safety outcomes. A quantitative, quasi-experimental, posttest design was use to test the effects of a Rights Checklist and an online learning module on medication administration safety competency in undergraduate nursing students. The Rights Checklist and medication administration safety module was based on the evidence-based safety protocol, rights of medication administration. Medication administration safety competency was measured by a researcher designed instrument, the Medication Administration Safety Assessment Tool (MASAT). Although the current research failed to provide support for the use of a rights checklist, ceiling effects on the dependent variable (medication errors) precluded a meaningful test of the hypothesis.;Keywords: medication administration safety, medication-related errors, medication administration safety competency, patient safety, checklist, rights of medication administration protocol, online learning module, undergraduate nursing students.