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KMID : 1221920150080010001
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Journal of Korean Critical Care Nursing
2015 Volume.8 No. 1 p.1 ~ p.10
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Correlation among the Medication Error Risk of High-alert Medication, Attitudes to Single Checking Medication, and Medication Safety Activities of Nurses in the Intensive Care Unit
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Kim Myoung-Soo
Jung Hyun-Kyeong
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Abstract
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This study was conducted to examine the relationship among the error risk of high-alert medication, attitudes to singleperson checking of medication, and medication safety activities. The participants were 60 nurses working in the intensive care unit. Data were analyzed using descriptive analysis, t-test, analysis of variance, and Pearson’s correlation coefficient. The mean scores of the knowledge and certainty of high-alert medication were 0.71±0.11 and 2.74±0.59, respectively. The mean score of the error risk of high-alert medication was 1.63±0.24 and that of attitudes to single checking medication was 3.32±0.49. The error risk of high-alert medication had a positive correlation with nurses’ attitudes to single checking medication (r = .258, p = .047), which is correlated with the scores for certainty of knowledge (r = .284, p = .028). Based on the results of this study, continuing education for high-alert medication and the development of an accurate protocol for single checking medication are needed to improve the stability of high-alert medication.
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KEYWORD
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High-alert medication, Medication error, Single checking, Patient safety
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