Factors contributing to medication errors in Turkey: nurses' perspectives

Abstract

Hospital administrations should maintain adequate staffing levels. Improving medication error reporting is also imperative in order to enable nurses to document all errors and potential errors as adverse events.

Evaluation of the attitudes of the nurses related to rational drug use in Gaziantep University Sahinbey Research and Practice Hospital in Turkey

“…The common medication errors made by nurses are wrong dose, wrong timing, wrong route, wrong rate, wrong patient, miss or bypass the administration and combination of drugs interacting with each other (Güneş et al, 2014;Antonow et al, 2000;Taxis et al, 1999;Uzun and Arslan, 2008).…”

“…Medication administration errors are believed to result from lack of knowledge, poor communication and time constraints (Harding and Petrick, 2008;Gonzales, 2010;Güneş et al, 2014;Leape et al, 1995). Nurses must have a clear knowledge about the medications being administered, their effects, side effects and what to do in case of an adverse event since they play an important role during dispensation and administration of drugs.…”

Perceptions of reporting practices and barriers to reporting incidents among registered nurses and physicians in accredited and nonaccredited Jordanian hospitals

“…Güneş et al . () concluded that enhancing the practice of reporting medication errors is paramount for enabling nurses to report all actual and potential errors.…”

Interruption of the medication preparation process and an examination of factors causing interruptions

“…A study by Güneş et al . () suggested that one‐third of nurses experience interruptions while preparing medications, including answering phone calls and answering questions.…”