Abstract:

Aim: This study was carried out to determine the perceptions of nurses working in different fields about the drug administration error experiences and the factors that cause drug errors. Methods: The research was carried out with a total of 237 nurses working in a university hospital and two public hospitals in the northern region of Turkey between 01 and 30 June 2021. The research is a descriptive and cross-sectional study. Personal Information Form and Medication Administration Error Scale-MAEs were used to collect the data. SPSS 26.0 package program was used in the analysis of the data. Findings: All of the nurses (100%) stated that they experienced or observed medication errors. It was determined that the most common type of medication errors encountered by nurses was a wrong drug (%75,9) and a wrong dose (%58,2). In the study, the total mean point of the nurses' medication administration error scale (MAEs) (chapter A) was found to be high (104.46±24.49) and it was detected that the most common causes of medication errors were in the subset of industry and prone to errors. A statistically significant difference was detected between age, period of vocational experience, the clinic where working of nurses and the total mean point of the nurses' medication administration error scale (MAEs) (chapter A) (p<0.05). Conclusion: As a result of the study, it was determined that nurses have the perception that has too many factors can cause of medication errors and among causes of the most common medication errors is the similarity of the names, appearances and packages of the drugs.

Keywords: