PEDİATRİ HEMŞİRELERİNİN İLAÇ UYGULAMA HATALARI İLE MESLEKİ PROFESYONEL TUTUMLARI ARASINDAKİ İLİŞKİ

Abstract

Aim: This study was carried out to determine the relationship between medication administration errors and professional attitudes of the pediatric nurses. Materials and Methods: The study was conducted with 115 pediatric nurses who were working in three hospitals located in a city between 11.01.2020-05.01.2021. This was a descriptive and correlational study. A Personal Information Form, Questionnaire for Medication Administration Errors among Pediatric Nurses, Tendency to Medical Error in Nursing Scale (Medication and Transfusion Applications subscale) and the Inventory of Professional Attitude at Occupation were used to collect data. Data were analyzed by SPSS 26.0 package program. Results: 34% of the pediatric nurses indicated that they experienced medication administration errors whereas 52% of them declared that they observed medication administration errors among their colleagues. The nurses also stated the most common medication administration error they experienced (36.5%) and observed (24.8%) as improper dose. It was also determined that the tendency of participants to medication administration errors was low (85.44±5.26) and their professional attitudes were high (140.32±11.33). The tendency of nurses to medication administration errors was found to differ significantly based on their age, marital status, duration of professional experience, duration of experience in the current clinic and status of satisfaction with the current clinic (p