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Mahdi Hedayat, Maryam Moghimian, Raziyeh Amini,
Volume 12, Issue 1 (3-2023)
Abstract
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Aim. This study aimed to examine the effect of implementing a risk management program on pharmaceutical calculation skills of nurses in cardiac care units.
Background. Patient safety and the early detection of medication errors are indicators of the quality of care. Risk management, through a systems-based approach, is an important strategy for preventing medication errors and harm to patients.
Method. This was a semi-experimental study. The study population was staff nurses working in the cardiac care units of Milad Hospital in Isfahan. Sixty nurses working in cardiac care units were selected based on inclusion criteria using a convenience sampling method, and they were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. The intervention group participated in a risk management program delivered in eight 2-hour sessions, two sessions per week. The control group received the hospital training program. Data collection instruments included demographic form and nurses’ pharmaceutical calculation skills questionnaire, which were completed at the beginning and two weeks after the study. Data were analyzed in SPSS 21.
Findings. Before the study, there were no statistical significant differences between the two groups in pharmaceutical calculation skills, interest, ability, need for training, ease of pharmaceutical calculation skills, and medication errors. The mean score of the pharmaceutical calculation skills was in the “good” level. After the study, in the intervention group the nurses’ pharmaceutical calculation skills, ease of calculations, and ability increased significantly (p≤0.0001), whereas there was no significant change in the control group. After the study, the difference in pharmaceutical calculation skills between the intervention and control groups was significant (p≤0.0001).
Conclusion. Implementation of the risk management program significantly enhances nurses’ pharmaceutical calculation skills and is suggested as a strategy for promoting safe medication administration by nurses and achieving high-quality nursing care.
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