The nurses' understanding about patient safety and medication errors

• Autor(a) principal: Dias, Jéssica David
• Data de Publicação: 2014
• Outros Autores: Mekaro, Karen Sayuri, Tibes, Chris Mayara dos Santos, Zem-Mascarenhas, Sílvia Helena
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por; eng
• Título da fonte: Reme (Online)
• DOI: 10.5935/1415-2762.20140064
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/reme/article/view/50122
• topic: Enfermería; Seguridad del Paciente; Errores en la Medicación; Personal de Salud; Rol de la Enfermera; Enfermagem; Segurança do Paciente; Erros de Medicação; Pessoal de Saúde; Papel do Profissional de Enfermagem; Nursing; Patient Safety; Medication Errors; Health Personnel; Nurse's Role

This study aimed to verify the understanding of nurses from basic and hospital care units about patient safety and medication errors, as well as identifying the behavior and strategies used in the occurrence of medication errors. it is a qualitative, exploratory, and descriptive research. The sample consisted of 20 nurses from São Paulo state. The theoretical reference of thematic analysis was used for data analysis. There was a good understanding of the concept of patient safety and the participants identified that the nurse has a fundamental role in the propagation of safety. An absence of uniformity about the understanding of medication errors was observed among nurses. The main factors identified as contributing to the occurrence of errors were work overload and lack of attention. Employee orientation was the most reported conduct to deal with medication errors. Capacitation and trainings emerged as the most used strategies for improving medication safety. it was noted that there is concern about patient safety; however, a culture of punishment regarding medication errors is still present.