Difficulties experienced during preparation and administration of oral drugs

Boztepe, Handan; Özdemir, Handan; Karababa, Çiğdem; Yıldız, Özlem

doi:10.5152/tpa.2014.1795

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“…Nurses insist that negligence and errors in medication orders recorded by doctors is a starting point that leads to errors. In line with the current findings, researchers confirmed the impact of physician errors on nurses' medication errors (Valizadeh et al, 2008) and reported that medication errors had been made by the physicians that prescribed the drugs (Boztepe et al, 2014).…”

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Iranian Nurses’ Experiences on Obstacles of Safe Drug Administration: A Qualitative Study

Soltanian

Molazem

Mohammadi

et al. 2016

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Background: Safety maintenance and prevention of damage to patients caused by errors in nursing have a special importance, and a lack of sufficient attention to the correct principles of drug administration can lead to the patient' health threats and reducing safety.The administration of drugs is complex and influenced by many factors, particularly in pediatric wards; thus, the present study aimed to explain pediatric nurses' experiences on obstacles to safe drug administration. Methods:In this study, the qualitative approach and content analysis method were used. Twenty pediatric nurses involved in medication administration were selected for participation using purposive sampling. Data was collected through semi-structured interviews. Using continuous analysis, data collection and comparison were performed at the same time.Results: From the data analysis, 4 main themes were extracted. Working pressure, lack of drug resources, insufficient colleague performance, and lack of experience and knowledge in drug administration were four main themes obtained from study. Conclusion:Care managers can identify obstacles to safe medication administration to improve patient safety. For which necessary measures must be taken to remove them and to enhance patient safe care provided by nurses.

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“…Similarly another researcher stated that administering oral medications in pediatric wards needs more time and nurses become fatigued (Boztepe et al, 2014).…”

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Iranian Nurses’ Experiences on Obstacles of Safe Drug Administration: A Qualitative Study

Soltanian

Molazem

Mohammadi

et al. 2016

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“…The data was collected using a data collection questionnaire based on the relevant literature [11,[25][26][27]. The data collection form included four sections (Additional file 1).…”

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The difficulties experienced during the preparation and administration of oral drugs by parents at home: a cross-sectional study from Palestine

Ali

Shadeed

Fitian

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Background: Failure to properly administer drugs to children at home may cause adverse events, which makes it a challenging job for parents or caregivers. The main goal of this study was to investigate the problems and difficulties that parents or caregivers faced when administering oral drugs to their children at home. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted using a questionnaire consisting of ‘yes/no’ and multiple-response questions to assess parents' experiences and problems with administering medication to their children at home. Data was collected from parents who visited primary health care centres in Nablus. Descriptive analysis was conducted to describe the characteristics of the sample. Results: We interviewed 420 participants. 91.9% of the participants used drugs without prescription from a doctor, and the most commonly used non-prescription medicines were antipyretics (n=386, 100%), influenza drugs (n=142, 36.8%), cough drugs (n=109, 28.2%) and antibiotics (n= 102, 26.4%). The study showed that 21.7% of parents used teaspoon and 7.1% used tablespoon in administering liquid medications to their children. When the children refused taking liquid medications, almost two-thirds of the participants (65.7%) insisted their children take them, 21.5% mixed it with juice, 5.2% mixed it with food and 4.7% mixed it with milk. 12.4% of the participants reported that they gave drugs in doses higher than prescribed by the doctor to treat their children more quickly. Also, our study revealed that 80.5% of the parents gave medications at incorrect intervals. Conclusions: This study has shown that there is a proportion of caregivers or parents who administer oral drugs to their children wrongly, which may involve giving them at the wrong intervals or doses, using incorrect instruments, or mixing them with food, juice or milk. The development of educational programs that will provide parents with education about medication administration is therefore recommended.

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“…Regarding correct dosage, in this study we observed the partition of pills not previously grooved by the manufacturer (76.31%). A research conducted with 108 pediatric nurses of a university hospital in Turkey reinforces such findings, as it evaluated the preparation and administration of 406 oral drugs and identified that the process of parting the pills into appropriate doses was the difficulty most commonly reported by professionals (45.3%) (28) . Non-grooved industrialized pills are the most reliable way to obtain the desired concentration of the active ingredient, and the partition of such medications is a risk for the administration of doses that do not correspond to the prescribed dosage, which can compromise the effectiveness of the treatment (29) .…”

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Assessment of the preparation and administration of oral medications to institutionalized children

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Objective: to evaluate the preparation and administration of oral medications to institutionalized children by nursing professionals. Method: quantitative study, developed from August to September 2016, in a shelter in Fortaleza, Ceará. 323 observations of preparation and administration of oral drugs were carried out. Interview and non-participant direct observation of the process of drug administration were performed, whose data were analyzed through descriptive statistics. Results: Of the 29 actions of preparation and administration of the drugs, ten were considered satisfactory. Sanitizing of hands before touching the pills occurred in only 5.2% of the observations and cleansing of the bottle for liquid drugs was performed in 23.8%. The actions "check the right child"; "checking medication with the prescription", and "check the right dose" obtained percentages below 15%. Conclusion: measures recommended by the literature for the administration of medication were not, in their clear majority, followed, making specifi c training and protocols necessary. Descriptors: Institutionalized Child; Oral Administration; Pediatric Nursing; Institutionalization; Nursing Care. RESUMO Objetivo: avaliar o preparo e a administração de medicamentos orais por profi ssionais de enfermagem a crianças institucionalizadas. Método: estudo quantitativo desenvolvido em agosto e setembro de 2016, em um abrigo de Fortaleza, Ceará. Foram realizadas 323 observações do preparo e da administração de medicamentos. Realizaram-se entrevista e observação direta não participante do processo de administração dos medicamentos, cujos dados foram avaliados pela estatística descritiva. Resultados: dentre as 29 ações do preparo e da administração dos medicamentos, dez foram consideradas satisfatórias. A higienização das mãos antes de tocar em comprimidos ocorreu em 5,2% das observações e a limpeza dos frascos de medicamentos deu-se em 23,8%. As ações "conferir a criança certa"; "conferir o medicamento com a prescrição" e "verifi car a dose certa" obtiveram percentuais inferiores a 15%. Conclusão: medidas recomendadas pela literatura para administração de medicamentos não foram, em maioria, adotadas, tornando-se necessários treinamentos e protocolos específi cos. Descritores: Criança Institucionalizada; Administração Oral; Enfermagem Pediátrica; Institucionalização; Cuidados de Enfermagem. RESUMENObjetivo: evaluar el preparo y la administración de medicinas orales por profesionales de enfermería a niños institucionalizados. Método: estudio cuantitativo desarrollado en agosto y septiembre de 2016, en un refugio de niños de Fortaleza, Ceará. Fueron realizadas 323 observaciones del preparo y de la administración de medicinas. Se realizaron encuesta y observación directa en el participante del proceso de administración de las medicinas, cuyos datos fueron evaluados por la estadística descriptiva. Resultados: de entre las 29 acciones del preparo y de la administración de las medicinas, diez fueron consideradas satisfactorias. La higienización de la...

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Difficulties experienced during preparation and administration of oral drugs

Abstract: In our study, it was found that all nurses experienced difficulty in preparing and administering drugs. The problems experienced by the nurses and solution recommendations for these problems were reported to the hospital administration.

Cited by 14 publications

References 18 publications

Iranian Nurses’ Experiences on Obstacles of Safe Drug Administration: A Qualitative Study

Iranian Nurses’ Experiences on Obstacles of Safe Drug Administration: A Qualitative Study

The difficulties experienced during the preparation and administration of oral drugs by parents at home: a cross-sectional study from Palestine

Assessment of the preparation and administration of oral medications to institutionalized children

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