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publication name Effect of Drug Calculation and Administration Educational Program on Nurse's Knowledge, Skills and Commitment
Authors Fawzia F. Kamel &** Sabah S. Mohammed
year 2017
keywords Drug calculation, administration, nursing skills, Knowledge, commitment, medication errors.
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Abstract

Nursing responsibilities in medication management include prescription, calculation, constitution, checking, administration, patient assessment, documentation and patient medication education. Aim: the study aimed to evaluate the effect of drug calculation and administration educational program on nurse's knowledge, skills and commitment. Setting: The study was carried out at general surgical and medical departments in Benha University Hospital. Research design: A Quasi experimental design was used. Sample: A sample of convenience composed of 103 head nurses and staff nurses working at general surgical and medical units. Tools: Two tools were used for data collection; (I) Drug calculation questionnaire which includes demographic characteristics of study subjects, drug calculation and an educational program about drug calculation and administration was developed. Result: Most of subjects (91.3%) had nursing diploma. Less than three quarters (70.9%) had 1-10 years of experience. Post program; Most of nurses (92.2%, & 91.3%) had a good knowledge and applied formula methods in drug calculation respectively. Regarding nurses' commitment toward drug calculation and administration, there was improvement in nurses' post program mean scores commitment (78.33+2.21). Positive correlation coefficient was detected among nurses' knowledge, skills, and commitment toward drug calculation and administration. Conclusion: The study concluded that there were statistically significant differences between pre and post program and there were improvements in nurses' knowledge, skills and commitment toward drug calculation and administration. Recommendations: The study recommended that nurses should continue to practice and refresh the different formula types of drug calculations as often as possible with regular self- test of their ability. Further researches should be conducted to detect the relation between drug calculation skills and medication errors.

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