Poster Presentation
Friday, 21 July 2006
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Friday, 21 July 2006
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
This presentation is part of : Poster Presentations III
Medication Safety from Taiwanese Nurses' Perspective
Lih Jen Lin, RN, Shu Chiao Chen, RN, Li-yun Lee, RN, Li Hui Su, RN, Ssu Chun Pi, RN, and Hsiao-Huang Lee, RN. Nursing Department, China Medical University Peikang Hospital, Yunlin, Taiwan
Learning Objective #1: explore the role of nurse in medication safety
Learning Objective #2: discuss ways to decrease medication error
Medication errors have been concerned to health care personnel and consumers, since the incidence of medication errors has been presented in public increased dramatically in Taiwan. Medication management is not only one of important job content in nurses’ job description, but also a high-risk job content. Therefore, study of reducing medication errors is becoming a significant issue in the competing medical market in Taiwan. The purpose of this study was to explore medication management and medication errors in community hospitals from nurses’ perspective. Participants were ward nurses from seven community hospitals in YunLin and GuiYi Counties in Taiwan. The return rate was 89.6% (N = 294). An instrument, Medication Error Scale for Hospital Nurses, was developed by the researchers based on literature review. A content validity index was conducted. The instrument was sent to a representative of nursing department in the seven hospitals. The SPSS/PC 13.0. was adopted to analyze the data. Results pointed out that heavy workload and lack of work experience were two common reasons that might cause medication errors. During preparing medication process, mussy medication table and unindicated clear drugs might bring out mediation errors. Also, interrupt of medication process might be the reason. To report a medication error, nurses prefer anonymous without punishment. These results help to recognize medication errors from nurses’ perspective. Medication error is not only a nurse’s issue, but hospital procedure management also should be cared to decrease medication errors. The result provided nursing administrators to concern about nurse’s work environment that also affect patient safety.

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