An inside look into the factors contributing to medication errors in the clinical nursing practice

dc.contributor.author	Καραβασιλειάδου, Σαββατώ	el
dc.contributor.author	Αθανασάκης, Ευστράτιος Ν.	el
dc.date.accessioned	2014-07-20T17:38:03Z
dc.date.available	2014-07-20T17:38:03Z
dc.date.issued	2014-07-20
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11400/1477
dc.rights	Αναφορά Δημιουργού-Μη Εμπορική Χρήση-Όχι Παράγωγα Έργα 3.0 Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες	*
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/	*
dc.source	www.hsj.gr	en
dc.subject	Medication errors
dc.subject	Ιατρικά λάθη
dc.subject	Νοσηλευτές
dc.subject	Νοσηλευτική
dc.subject	Contributing factors
dc.subject	Etiologic factors
dc.subject	Risk factors
dc.subject	Αιτολογικοί παράγοντες
dc.subject	Παράγοντες κινδύνου
dc.title	An inside look into the factors contributing to medication errors in the clinical nursing practice	en
heal.type	journalArticle
heal.generalDescription	Review article	en
heal.classification	Primary care (Medicine)
heal.classification	Ιατρική
heal.classification	Νοσηλευτική
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heal.classificationURI	N/A-Νοσηλευτική
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heal.language	en
heal.access	free
heal.recordProvider	Τεχνολογικό Εκπαιδευτικό Ίδρυμα Αθήνας.Σχολή Επαγγελμάτων Υγείας και Πρόνοιας. Τμήμα Νοσηλευτικής	el
heal.publicationDate	2014-01
heal.bibliographicCitation	Karavasiliadou, S. & Athanasakis, E. (January 2014). An inside look into the factors contributing to medication errors in the clinical nursing practice. “Health Science Journal”. 8(1):32-44.	en
heal.abstract	Background: Medication errors constitute a considerable concern for the patients and healthcare professionals. Therefore, in recent years there have been remarkable efforts through research papers to assess the etiology of medication errors. Aim: To review the current literature related to the individual and the organizational factors that contribute to the occurrence of medication errors in the clinical nursing practice. Method and material: A combination of various search terms: medication errors, contributing/etiologic/risk factors, nurses and nursing was used to search through the Pubmed database. For the involvement of an article in the existing review, specific inclusion criteria were set such as published in English the period between January 1990-December 2012. Results: A total of 13 original research articles were included. The contributing factors to the occurrence of medication errors in clinical nursing practice include and system related subcategories. Two tables are provided. The first outlines the basic features of the research articles that were included in this review and the second one portrays the frequent (top 5) contributing factors to medication errors, placed according to their type and significance. Study’s findings suggest that both individual and organizational factors are major determinants of medication errors. Conclusion: Medication errors by nurses are a type of patient malpractice, where the identification of contributing factors is vital. Since both categories of causality (individual and health system related) of medication errors contribute the same to their occurrence, consequently their address and resolution are of critical importance.	en
heal.publisher	Μαρβάκη, Χριστίνα	el
heal.journalName	Health Science Journal	en
heal.journalType	peer-reviewed
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