Medication Errors of Nursing Students

Objective: To analyze the errors of medicine applications made by nursing students during their scientific education.

Method: The universe of the descriptive research was composed by students of Ege University School of Nursing (class 2nd, 3rd, 4th) (N=510). The sample of the research was composed by 224 students selected by random sampling (n=224). As a data collecting instrument, questionnaire forms prepared by researchers by using literature were used. When determining data collected, number - percent distribution was used.

Results: At the end of the research these mistakes frequently encountering were determined as below: Not to wait and aware of the patient during oral medicine application (73.7%), leaving oral medicine near by the patient (71.9%) and, give the patient the medicine prepared by someone else (70.1%) Here are the mistakes less frequently encountering: Applying medicine through wrong way/route (2.7%), applying medicine on wrong patient (4.4%) and using wrong method when applying medicine on eyes and ear (4.4%).

Conclusion: At the end of the research these mistakes frequently encountering by nursing students were determined as below; not to wait and aware of the patient during oral medicine application, leaving oral medicine near by the patient and, give the patient the medicine prepared by someone else.