Rate, causes and reporting of medication errors in Jordan: nurses' perspectives

Majd T Mrayyan; Kawkab Shishani; Ibrahim Al-Faouri

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2834.2007.00724.x

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Rate, causes and reporting of medication errors in Jordan: nurses' perspectives

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Rate, causes and reporting of medication errors in Jordan: nurses' perspectives

Majd T Mrayyan, Kawkab Shishani and Ibrahim Al-Faouri

Journal of nursing management, Vol.15(6), pp.659-670

09/2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2834.2007.00724.x

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https://hdl.handle.net/2376/112708

PMID: 17688572

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Hospitals, Private

Medication Errors - methods

Humans

Middle Aged

Medication Errors - prevention & control

Male

Hospitals, Public

Medication Errors - statistics & numerical data

Employment

Hospitals, Teaching

Adult

Female

Surveys and Questionnaires

Jordan

Risk Management - organization & administration

Nursing Methodology Research

Attitude of Health Personnel

Medication Systems, Hospital - organization & administration

Employee Discipline

Nursing Staff, Hospital - psychology

Nursing Staff, Hospital - education

Nursing Staff, Hospital - organization & administration

Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice

Fear

Drug Labeling

Medication Errors - nursing

Sex Factors

Developing Countries

Causality

The aim of the study was to describe Jordanian nurses' perceptions about various issues related to medication errors. This is the first nursing study about medication errors in Jordan. This was a descriptive study. A convenient sample of 799 nurses from 24 hospitals was obtained. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used for data analysis. Over the course of their nursing career, the average number of recalled committed medication errors per nurse was 2.2. Using incident reports, the rate of medication errors reported to nurse managers was 42.1%. Medication errors occurred mainly when medication labels/packaging were of poor quality or damaged. Nurses failed to report medication errors because they were afraid that they might be subjected to disciplinary actions or even lose their jobs. In the stepwise regression model, gender was the only predictor of medication errors in Jordan. Strategies to reduce or eliminate medication errors are required.

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Title: Rate, causes and reporting of medication errors in Jordan: nurses' perspectives
Creators: Majd T Mrayyan - Faculty of Nursing, The Hashemite University, Zarqa, Jordan. mmrayyan@hu.edu.jo
Kawkab Shishani
Ibrahim Al-Faouri
Publication Details: Journal of nursing management, Vol.15(6), pp.659-670
Academic Unit: Nursing, College of
Publisher: England
Identifiers: 99900547310801842
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article

Rate, causes and reporting of medication errors in Jordan: nurses' perspectives

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