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Falahinia, Gholam Hossein; Maleki, Arezoo; Khalili, Zahra; Soltanian, Alireza – International Journal of Training Research, 2023
Medication errors may arise due to insufficient information on drug use. The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of educational support on standards of medication administration regarding nursing medication errors in Intensive Care Units (ICU). The study's participants included two groups of ICU nurses. Both groups were observed…
Descriptors: Drug Therapy, Nursing, Hospitals, Comparative Analysis
Robertson, Tonya Terry – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Over 3.5 million medication errors occur annually and medication errors by pharmacists cause adverse drug reactions and potentially death, particularly in elderly patients. The purpose of this qualitative, phenomenological study was to explore pharmacists' perceptions of the ease of use and usefulness of using e-learning for continuing education…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Health Personnel, Usability, Educational Benefits
Juste, Francoise – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Bar Code Medication Administration (BCMA) is a technology-supported nursing tool that has become the standard of practice for medication administration. When used effectively and efficiently, this tool has the potential to reduce medication errors in acute care settings. In a pediatric unit at a major urban hospital in the northeast region of the…
Descriptors: Drug Therapy, Error Patterns, Pediatrics, Hospitals
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Enwerem, Nkechi M.; Okunji, Priscilla O. – International Journal of Higher Education, 2017
The effect of medication errors on patient quality care and safety is a critical ongoing concern requiring solutions. Although medication safety has been a concern of all healthcare professions, registered nurses play an important role in medication safety as patients' advocates. A cross sectional study with structured questionnaire on common FDI…
Descriptors: Nurses, Continuing Education, Case Studies, Allied Health Personnel
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Maughan, Erin D.; McCarthy, Ann Marie; Hein, Maria; Perkhounkova, Yelena; Kelly, Michael W. – Journal of School Nursing, 2018
The increasing prevalence of chronic conditions in children, for both common and rare conditions, over the past 30 years, and the increase in the number and range of medications used to manage these conditions, has contributed to the need to address medication management in schools. The purpose of this article is to present the key findings from a…
Descriptors: Drug Therapy, National Surveys, Case Studies, Safety
Mohammad, Anas Ahmad Ali – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Although administering medicines is one of the core nursing actions, errors surrounding this task are prevalent amongst nurses and nursing students. Continued dependence on traditional teaching methods and greater demand and competition for clinical placements are some barriers to expanding medication administration practices for nursing students.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Nursing Education, Nursing Students, Undergraduate Students
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Harben, Alyssa L.; Kashy, Deborah A.; Esfahanian, Shiva; Liu, Lanqing; Bix, Laura; Becker, Mark W. – Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 2021
Over-the-counter (OTC) drugs have many benefits but also carry risks, such as adverse drug reactions, which are more prevalent in older adults. Because these products do not require the oversight of a physician or pharmacist, labeling plays a key role in communicating information required for their safe and effective use. Research suggests that…
Descriptors: Drug Therapy, Merchandise Information, Safety, Risk
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Betts, Kelly J. – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
Lack of medication knowledge and skills is detrimental to the safety and welfare of patients. Lack of pharmacology knowledge and skills is detrimental to the safety and welfare of patients. In a southern baccalaureate nursing program, students demonstrated deficiencies in their medication knowledge and skill proficiency. This qualitative study…
Descriptors: Nursing Students, Drug Therapy, Undergraduate Students, Qualitative Research
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Nicolaou, Persoulla A.; El Saifi, Mamoun – Advances in Physiology Education, 2020
To reduce medication errors, medical educators must nurture the early development of rational and safe prescribing. Teaching pharmacology is challenging because it requires knowledge integration across disciplines, including physiology and pathology. Traditionally, pharmacology has been taught using lecture-based learning, which conveys consistent…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Patients, Medical Students, Pharmacology
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Tella, Susanna; Smith, Nancy-Jane; Partanen, Pirjo; Turunen, Hannele – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2016
Learning to ensure patient safety in complex health care environments is an internationally recognised concern. This article explores and compares Finnish (n = 22) and British (n = 32) pre-registration nursing students' important learning events about patient safety from their work placements in health care organisations. Written descriptions were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Nursing Students, Patients
Aimee Ladreyt Badeaux – ProQuest LLC, 2015
The purpose of this science education study is to explore visual cognition and eye tracking during medication selection in the student nurse anesthetist (first year and second year students) and the expert nurse anesthetist. The first phase of this study consisted of the selection of a specific medication (target) from an array of medications via…
Descriptors: Science Education, Nursing Students, Anesthesiology, Drug Therapy
Frederick, Florianne Mereigh – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The call to better prepare nurses in safety and quality performance resulted from the concern of the Institute of Medicine regarding egregious gaps and errors in U.S. hospitals that resulted in serious injuries and patient deaths. Quality and safety education for nursing (QSEN) competencies were set forth in 2005 to enhance nursing curricula and…
Descriptors: Nursing Education, College Faculty, Curriculum Development, Safety Education
Tochterman, Lori A. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The Dedicated Education Unit (DEU) is a model of clinical teaching which has gained widespread acceptance and national recognition as an innovative method of clinical education for undergraduate nursing students (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 2010; Warner & Burton, 2009). The primary goals and benefits of the DEU for schools of nursing are…
Descriptors: Clinical Teaching (Health Professions), Nursing Education, Undergraduate Students, Nursing Students
Hinkson, Elizabeth; Mauter, Elaine; Wilson, Louise; Johansen, Annette; Maughan, Erin D. – National Association of School Nurses (NASN), 2017
It is the position of the National Association of School Nurses (NASN) that the registered professional school nurse (hereinafter referred to as school nurse) be responsible for medication administration in the school setting, leading the development of written medication administration policies and procedures that focus on safe and efficient…
Descriptors: School Nurses, Drug Therapy, School Health Services, Guidelines
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Bowen, Judy; Coben, Diana – Adults Learning Mathematics, 2019
We propose that by more closely aligning interdisciplinary work in (a) numeracy education for medication dosage calculations and (b) model-driven design for medical devices that are used for delivery of medication we may help address the incident-rate in incorrect medication calculations and delivery, given that such devices commonly require the…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Numeracy, Drug Therapy, Mathematics Skills
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