Barriers to Reporting Medication Administration Errors among Nurses in Private Hospitals in Peshawar
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Medication Administration Error, Reporting, Barrier, NursesAbstract
OBJECTIVES
To assess the barriers to reporting medication administration errors among nurses in Private tertiary care hospitals.
METHODOLOGY
A cross sectional-descriptive design was used. Data was collected through self-generated questionnaire from of two hundred and twenty-three nurses working in private tertiary care hospitals of Peshawar. Data was calculated for mean and standard deviation (age), frequencies, percentages (education, nurses, age, gender etc.), and presented in graphs, tables, and charts. Prior to this study approval was taken from Ethics Review Board of Prime Foundation Pakistan.
RESULTS
The study revealed that the strongest barrier was fear (group mean=18.76). The nurses tended to have the highest level of agreement with “being blame for medication administration errors results and adverse consequences from reporting”. The weakest perceived barrier was the administrative barrier (13.86). Nurses tended to have the highest level of agreement with “No positive feedback”.
CONCLUSION
The study revealed that the reporting with medication administration error is low in Peshawar. Proper awareness is very necessary to improve error reporting. Education programs may help in bringing awareness among nurses.
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