Date of Award
2016
Publication Type
Master Thesis
Degree Name
M.Sc.N.
Department
Nursing
Keywords
accuracy of documentation, medication administration, non-time-critical, time-critical, wrong time
Supervisor
Freeman, Michelle
Rights
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to identify the medication factors, environmental factors, and patient factors that predict medication time errors by registered nurses in an acute care setting. A sample of 1032 observations was analyzed using multivariate logistic regression using generalized estimating equations modeling. The findings suggested that time errors during medication administration were independently associated with time-critical medications, the number of medications that the patient received at the scheduled administration time, and the patient’s swallowing ability. This study also found that the time of administration for the majority of medications was not accurately documented.
Recommended Citation
Medved, Catherine F., "MEDICATION, ENVIRONMENTAL, AND PATIENT FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION DELIVERY TIMES" (2016). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 5747.
https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/etd/5747