MedicaMAP: A Simulation Design to Examine Nursing Students’ Skills for Identifying Medication Errors

Authors : Merve Tarhan, Pınar Doğan, Ahu Kürklü

Pages : 514-523

Doi:10.37989/gumussagbil.1096966

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Publication Date : 2024-06-29

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The aim of this study is to examine nursing students\' skills to correctly identify medication errors using a Level-0 simulation design, as a pilot study of another study. The cross-sectional observational study was carried out by 47 senior nursing students studying at a university. Considering the 10 rights of medication safety, a medication quiz consisting of five MedicaMAPs was designed. Students identified a medication error on MedicaMAP by comparing the consistency of information on these six basic elements. None of the students identified the five medication errors correctly. Six students could not correctly identify any medication errors (12.8%). The students the most identified three medication error types correctly in the medication quiz as following: wrong medication 15 out of 19 (78.9%), wrong patient 23 out of 38 (60.5%), wrong dose 23 out of 48 (47.9%). The students\' mean satisfaction level was found as 8.51 ± 1.28. MedicaMAP can help nurse educators to increase nursing students\' skills to control medication administration, particularly with the 10 rights.
Keywords : İlaç Hataları, Hasta Güvenliği, Simülasyona dayalı deneyim, Hemşire Eğitimi

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