Safe Drug Administration: Right of Every Patient

Abstract

Medication errors are well known problem in hospitals. Registered nurses are accountable for their actions and omissions when administering any medication. To assess and compare the knowledge of nursing personnel regarding injection administration before and after demonstration of safe injection administration techniques. Experimental research approach was used with one group pretest- posttest design. Data was collected from 163 nursing personnel working in different ward of the hospital were which was selected by using total Enumeration sampling technique. The mean with standard deviation post-implementation knowledge score (8.0+1.5) was higher than the mean with standard deviation of pre-implementation knowledge scoring (4.2+1.5) scores. “t” value” calculated between the pre-implementation practice sores and post implementation practice scores with a df (162) was found to be statistically significant at 0.00**(p>0.05). Thus, the study showed that along with theoretical education, special attention must be paid to the practical aspect of education. Demonstration and other such educational programmes are very effective methods in updating the knowledge of the health care professionals.

Keywords: Nursing personnel, demonstration, injection administration, practices

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Saini Amrita, Sarin Jyoti, Kumar Yogesh et al. Safe Drug Administration: Right of Every Patient. Research and Reviews: Journal of Computational Biology (RRJoCB). 2015; 4(2): 21–23p.