Strategies to Eliminate Medication Error among Undergraduate Nursing Students

Development of a safe drug administration assessment instrument for nursing students

“…Review conducted in 2017 highlights the importance of training with simulation experiments (33) . This review shows the related to medication errors in the early stages of the professionals' training (35) .…”

Tools to enhance nursing students' confidence and skills in medication administration

“…3 Fifty-one percent of errors were caused by performance deficits, while 27% of the errors were related to knowledge deficit. 3 Medication errors affect patients by prolonging the length of their hospital stay by 1.7 to 4.6 days, thereby increasing their healthcare costs. 4 Healthcare facilities may incur additional costs from medical malpractice lawsuits presented by the patient and family members.…”

“…Furthermore, these errors rank among the top 10 fatal sentinel events and the third leading cause of death in the US 2. Despite undergraduate nursing students performing under the supervision of a nursing instructor, medication errors are reported in 26%-40% of the medication administration processes 3. Fifty-one percent of errors were caused by performance deficits, while 27% of the errors were related to knowledge deficit 3.…”

Nursing students’ experiences of patient safety incidents and reporting: A scoping review

“…[7] In two studies, students perceived incidents and near misses to be caused by factors related to their environment, such as a busy work environment, increasing patient acuity, and pressure from nursing staff. [7,51] Student factors. Many investigators described student attributes that informed perceptions of PSIs and behaviours related to reporting.…”

“…Additionally, there are system-level factors that impede the ability of students to apply their knowledge of patient safety in the clinical environment. [49,51,53,55] Upper year nursing students report feeling confident about patient safety principles theoretically, but are less confident in its application related to teamwork and/or socio-cultural dimensions. [58] This may be due to their increasing awareness about the risks inherent in clinical work, as well as greater interaction with staff in the clinical environment, who may not conceptualize safety in the same way.…”