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INTRODUCTION: The purpose of the study is to determine specify situations of making medication errors types of the medication error and the factors that could cause making medication errors of the nurses working in obstetrics and gynecology clinics. METHODS: Stratified random sampling method was used in this descriptive study. The sample of the study consist of total 108 nurses; 81 nurses who works in obstetrics and gynecology clinics of a public hospital and 27 nurses who works in obstetrıcs and gynecology clinic of a university hospital. The data was obtained via applying a general questionnaire developed by reviewing literature of the researcher to nurses who worked in obstetrics clinics. Descriptive statistics, frequency percents, and chi-square analysis methods were used for the statistical evaluation of data. RESULTS: In the study % 44.4 of nurses stated that made medication errors and %81.5 of nurses pointed out to witness to medication errors of a health care personnel outside of ownself. According to results of statistical analyses; %33.3 of nurses stated that applied wrong dose of medicine, %22.9 of nurses stated that applied wrong medicine and %22.9 of nurses stated tahat applied wrong patient. While the nurses made medication error it is indicated that; %50 of nurses were between 26-35 ages, %73 of nurses were in night shift, %66.6 were caring above 10 patients and %83.4 were in first 5 year of their professional life. CONCLUSION: Nearly half of nurses made medication errors and it was determined that the majority of the medication errors consist of wrong dose, wrong patient the wrong drug. The causes of medication errors consist of such factors; work in the night shift, the number of patients and nurses the lack of enough experienced were found to consist of. To prevent the medication errors; improvement of working conditions, reduction of the night shift, increasing the number of nurses in the services and improve the skills of nurses in order to drug application training programmes has been recommended.

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