Content analysis of nurses' reflections on medication errors in a regional hospital.
Issacs AN, RAYMOND A, KENT B. Content analysis of nurses’ reflections on medication errors in a regional hospital. Contemp Nurse. 2023;59(3):202-213. doi:10.1080/10376178.2023.2220432.
Despite widespread improvement efforts, medication administration errors (MAE) remain a patient safety problem. In this study, nurses at one Australian hospital provided a reflection as to why they believed an MAE occurred and these reflections were subsequently analyzed using a human factors framework. Individual characteristics, nature of the work, and physical environment factors were identified as contributing to MAE and represent areas for improvement.