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High-alert medications are drugs that may lead to serious harm when they are wrongly administered to patients. Safe medication administration is the crucial role of nursing staff.
High-alert medications are drugs that may lead to serious harm when they are wrongly administered to patients. Safe medication administration is the crucial role of nursing staff. This study aims to investigate the relationships between medication safety climate and nurses' knowledge about high-alert medications with managing their administration and errors.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
|---|---|---|---|
| nurses | Nurses worked in surgical intensive and critical care units |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| high-alert medication administration | Other | high-alert medication administration |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| Questionnaire to measure nurses' knowledge about high-alert medication administration | Nurses' knowledge about high-alert medication administration as assessed binary scale. | one month |
| Questionnaire to measure medication safety climate | Medication safety climate as assessed using five-point Likert scale ranging from strongly disagree (1 point) to strongly agree (5 points). | one month |
| Questionnaire to measure nurses' competency | Nurses' competency during the administration of high-alert medications as assessed using five- Likert scales ((0 = not appropriate at all in administering high-alert medications up to 4 = very often appropriate in administering high-alert medications) | one month |
| observational check list to measure nurses' practice during administration of high-alert medications | Observing nurses' practice during the administration of high alert medications as assessed using five Likert scales (0=inappropriate practice up to 4=appropriate practice) | one month |
| Questionnaire to measure errors associated with administering high-alert medications | Errors associated with administering high-alert medications as assessed using a binary scale ( Yes=1 , No=0) | one month |
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Inclusion Criteria:
Nurses
Exclusion Criteria:
- Nurses
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A sample of 300 nurses was enrolled in the current study. The nurses were willing to participate in the study and provided their agreement by informed consent.
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Nagah Abd El-Fattah Mohamed Aly, Ph.D | Faculty of Nursing, Matrouh University, Egypt | Principal Investigator |
| Wael M. Lotfy, Ph.D | Faculty of Nursing, Matrouh University, Egypt | Study Director |
| Safaa M. El-Shanawany, Ph.D | Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Egypt | Study Chair |
| Maha Ghanem, Ph.D | Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Egypt | Study Chair |
| Hanaa Abbass, Ph.D | Psychatric Nursing and Mental health , Faculty of Nursing, Alexandria University, Egypt | Principal Investigator |
| Maysa Elbiaa, Ph.D | Faculty of Nursing, Matrouh University , Egypt | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Faculty of Nursing, Matrouh University | Marsá Maţrūḩ | 002 | Egypt |
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