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KMID : 1141620220340020011
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Health & Nursing
2022 Volume.34 No. 2 p.11 ~ p.21
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Effects of Nurses’ Critical Thinking Disposition and Nursing Practice Environment on Medication Safety Competency
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Hong Ji-Hye
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Abstract
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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of nurses’ critical thinking disposition and nursing practice environment on medication safety competency.
Methods: A total of 189 nurses who directly performed medication administration at a tertiary referral hospital in Seoul volunteered to participate in this study. Data collection was conducted using online surveys and was analyzed through technical statistics, t-test, one-way ANOVA, Scheff? test, Pearson’s correlation coefficient, and hierarchical multiple linear regression.
Results: The results revealed that both critical thinking disposition (β=0.498, p<.001) and nursing practice environment (β=0.212, p=.001) were significant predictive factors of medication safety competency.
Conclusion: Critical thinking disposition and nursing practice environment were important factors affecting medication safety competency. Therefore, in order to increase critical thinking disposition, it is necessary to develop various teaching methods and apply them in nurse education programs as a way to indirectly improve medication safety competency. In addition, in terms of nursing practice environment, hospitals will need to improve working conditions and provide sufficient material support to maintain nursing workforce. Likewise, it is necessary to prepare and implement a nursing policy to increase the nursing workforce.
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KEYWORD
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Nurses, Medication errors, Patient safety, Environment
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