Reporting of Medication Errors by Pediatric Nurses
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Sample
This study was a pilot study conducted as part of a nationwide study of nurse staffing and quality of care in 300 adult patient care units in 50 hospitals currently in progress (Blegen & Vaughn, NINR NR01 04937). Because of concerns about the accuracy of medication administration error data from voluntary reporting of occurrences, the investigators developed a questionnaire for distribution to staff nurses in hospitals asking them to estimate the extent of occurrence reporting related to
Results
This report focuses on the responses from nurses on pediatric units. Analysis by type of unit was not performed because there were too few units of any particular specialty. Comparisons with responses from adult units are used to enhance interpretation.
Discussion
Study results indicated a difference in medication error rates between pediatric and adult units, based on documented occurrence reports of 14.80 per 1,000 patient-days on pediatric versus 5.66 per 1,000 patient-days on adult units. However, findings from this study also suggest that medication administration error occurrences are underreported. The overall average estimate of medication error reporting on pediatric units was 67%. This is in contrast to the 56% found on adult patient units.
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