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High alert medication among critically ill patients at Elmanial university hospital :Assessment of nurses’ knowledge and practice
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Abstract
Nurses’ lack of knowledge is considered to be one of the most significant factors contributing to medication administration errors. Although any medication can cause harm when used improperly, high alert medications are more likely to cause harm, and the harm they produce is likely to be more serious. The aim of this study is two - fold, first: to assess nurses{u2019} knowledge regarding high-alert medications, Second: to evaluate nurses’ practice during administration of high alert medications. Descriptive exploratory design will be utilized in this study. 70 bedside male and female nurses working in the different ICUs in the Critical Care Department of Elmanial specialty hospital, Cairo University, during morning shift for 6 Consecutive months. Three tools were formulated and tested to collect data pertinent to the study; background data sheet, interview knowledge questionnaire schedule about administration of high alert medications and an observational checklist about administration of high alert medications. Majority of the studied sample (87.1%) knowledge level were unsatisfactory and more than one third of the studied sample (39.8%) answered knowledge questions incorrectly. approximately all the studied sample (98.6%) levels of practice were unsatisfactory and more than half of the studied sample (54.8%) has incorrect practices regarding high alert medications