Assessment of the preparation and administration of oral medications to institutionalized children

• Autor(a) principal: Chaves,Caroline Magna Pessoa
• Data de Publicação: 2018
• Outros Autores: Lima,Francisca Elisângela Teixeira, Fernandes,Ana Fátima Carvalho, Matias,Érica Oliveira, Araújo,Patrícia Rebouças
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem (Online)
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-71672018000901388
• topic: Institutionalized Child; Oral Administration; Pediatric Nursing; Institutionalization; Nursing Care

ABSTRACT Objective: to evaluate the preparation and administration of oral medications to institutionalized children by nursing professionals. Method: quantitative study, developed from August to September 2016, in a shelter in Fortaleza, Ceará. 323 observations of preparation and administration of oral drugs were carried out. Interview and non-participant direct observation of the process of drug administration were performed, whose data were analyzed through descriptive statistics. Results: Of the 29 actions of preparation and administration of the drugs, ten were considered satisfactory. Sanitizing of hands before touching the pills occurred in only 5.2% of the observations and cleansing of the bottle for liquid drugs was performed in 23.8%. The actions “check the right child”; “checking medication with the prescription”, and “check the right dose” obtained percentages below 15%. Conclusion: measures recommended by the literature for the administration of medication were not, in their clear majority, followed, making specific training and protocols necessary.