Content analysis of nurses' reflections on medication errors in a regional hospital.

Anton N. Issacs; Anita RAYMOND; Bethany KENT

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Content analysis of nurses' reflections on medication errors in a regional hospital.

July 26, 2023

Issacs AN, RAYMOND A, KENT B. Contemp Nurse. 2023;59(3):202-213.

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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.

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