Ramya, E (2016) To assess the knowledge, attitude and practice towards prevention of medication error in children among staff nurses working at selected settings in Chennai. Masters thesis, M.A. Chidambaram College of Nursing, Chennai.
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Abstract
A medication is a substance used in the diagnosis, treatment, cure, relief or prevention of health alterations. In fact, medications are the primary treatment for client associate with restoration of health. Too much of a medicine may cause severe unwanted effects. An expired medicine or one that is stored wrongly can be ineffective or even dangerous. An inappropriate route can cause unnecessary pain and ineffectiveness of a medication. Taking the wrong medicine can be as dangerous as being poisoned. It is the physician’s responsibility to prescribe drugs in the correct dosage to achieve the desired effect without endangering the health of the child. However, nurses must have an understanding of the safe dosage of medication administration to children, as well as the expected action, possible side-effects and signs of toxicity. The safe administration of medication to children presents a number of problems that are not encountered when giving medication to adult patients. Children vary widely in age, weight, body surface area and the ability to absorb, metabolize and excrete medications. However, medication safety issues in children may be different to those for adults and require different preventive measures. Nurses working with pediatric patients require special knowledge and skills, concerning the proper care throughout the medication administration. � � STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM A study to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice towards prevention of medication error in children among staff nurses working at selected settings in Chennai. OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY • To assess the knowledge, attitude and practice of staff nurses towards prevention of medication error in children. • To compare the knowledge, attitude and practice of staff nurses towards prevention of medication error in children. • To correlate the knowledge, attitude and practice of staff nurses towards prevention of medication error in children • To associate the knowledge, attitude and practice of staff nurses towards prevention of medication error in children with demographic variables of staff nurses. METHODOLOGY The research approach was evaluative in nature. A descriptive design was used for this study. The study was conducted among 100 staff nurses working in Kanchi Kamakoti Childs Trust Hospital, Chennai. A non-probability convenient sampling technique was used to select samples based on the inclusion criteria. Structured self administered questionnaire and likert scale was used to assess the knowledge and attitude towards prevention of medication error in children. Checklist was used to observe the practice towards prevention of medication error in children. � � RESULTS Majority (86%) of the staff nurses belonged to 20-30 years. Majority (96%) of the staff nurses were female. Regarding total years of experience, majority (73%) of the staff nurses had 1-5 years of experience. Majority (48%) of the staff nurses had maximum work experience in paediatric intensive care units. The assessment of level of knowledge towards prevention of medication error in children among staff nurses showed that 53% of them had moderately adequate knowledge. The assessment of level of attitude towards prevention of medication error in children among staff nurses showed that 62% of them had favourable attitude. The assessment of level of practice towards prevention of medication error in children among staff nurses showed that 85.2% of the staff nurses had good practice. There was a significant difference between knowledge, attitude and practice of staff nurses towards prevention of medication error in children at 0.05% level of significance. There was a positive, significant and moderate correlation between knowledge, attitude and practice of staff nurses towards prevention of medication error in children at 1% level of significance. There was a significant association between level of knowledge, attitude and practice towards prevention of medication error in children and demographic variables such as age, educational status, total years of experience as staff nurse and total years of experience in paediatric unit/ward at 5% level of significance. CONCLUSION It is possible to eliminate medication errors. However, the nurses play a vital role in reducing and preventing medication error in children. Nurses had adequate knowledge, favorable attitude and good practice towards prevention of medication error in children. This study proved a significant, positive, moderate correlation between knowledge, attitude and practice of staff nurses towards prevention of � � medication error in children. There was a statistically significant association between knowledge, attitude and practice of staff nurses towards prevention of medication error in children with age, educational status and total years of experience. It seems that education and experience serves to increase nurses confidence and overcoming oppression towards safe administration of medication in children.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Knowledge ; Attitude ; Practice ; Prevention of Medication Error ; Children ; Staff Nurses ; Chennai. |
| Subjects: | NURSING > Paediatric Nursing |
| Depositing User: | Ramakrishnan J |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Jul 2017 09:59 |
| Last Modified: | 13 Feb 2018 02:30 |
| URI: | http://repository-tnmgrmu.ac.in/id/eprint/2054 |
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