Knowledge about the use of potentially dangerous drugs among hospital health care nurses

• Autor(a) principal: Santos, Gilvan Oliveira dos
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Farre, Anny Giselly Milhome da Costa, Santana, Ingrede Tatiane Serafim, Rocha, Hertaline Menezes do Nascimento, Carvalho, Adriana Andrade, Santos, Gleyce Kelly de Brito Brasileiro, Matos, Ana Liz Pereira de
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por; eng
• Título da fonte: Rev Rene (Online)
• Texto Completo: http://periodicos.ufc.br/rene/article/view/44466
• topic: Medication Errors; Potentially Inappropriate Medication List; Hospital Care; Patient Safety.; Erros de Medicação; Lista de Medicamentos Potencialmente Inapropriados; Assistência Hospitalar; Segurança do Paciente.

Objective: to characterize the knowledge about the use of potentially dangerous drugs among hospital health care nurses. Methods: quantitative, descriptive-exploratory research, with the application of a validated questionnaire, translated and adapted in Brazil, on potentially dangerous medications, with 26 nursing assistants from a university hospital. Univariate and bivariate descriptive statistical analysis of the data was performed using the Statistical Package for Social Science, version 20. Scores ≥70% were considered as sufficient knowledge and insufficient knowledge scores <70%. Results: in the first domain of the questionnaire, called Medication Administration, the average percentage of correct answers was 64.6%. In the second domain, Clinical procedures, an average of 53.7% of correct answers was found. The use of electrolytes, chemotherapy and insulin were the main weaknesses in the knowledge of professionals. Conclusion: insufficient knowledge about the administration and clinical procedures of potentially dangerous drugs was identified among hospital care nurses in this scenario.