Assessments of Safe Medication Administration in Nursing Education

dc.creator	Kelly J. Gonzales
dc.date	2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:14:35Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:14:35Z
dc.identifier	10.5430/jnep.v2n1p39
dc.identifier	1925-4040
dc.identifier	1925-4059
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/d040f1f5350446779c2548deb2a83611
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/16964
dc.description	<p><strong>Background: </strong>QSEN has a variety of suggested strategies for teaching safe medication administration; however they do not have a recommendation for how to assess it. The purpose of this study was to gain information on how safe medication administration is assessed in nursing education.</p><p><strong>Methods:</strong> A survey was developed to identify methods used by nursing faculty members to assess nursing students’ knowledge and skills of safe medication administration. The specific research questions addressed in the survey were: 1) How is safe medication administration assessed prior to students entering the clinical area, 2) How is safe medication administration assessed during clinical, 3) How is knowledge of “right drug” assessed in the classroom and 4) How is knowledge of “right dose” assessed in the classroom setting.<strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The results of the survey indicated no standardized method for assessing safe medication administration in nursing education.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>There is much variation in how and when safe medication administration is assessed in the education setting. There is a need for a valid and reliable comprehensive assessment of safe medication administration in order to evaluate whether nursing students have the knowledge, skills and attitude to safely administrate medications.</p>
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Sciedu Press
dc.relation	http://www.sciedu.ca/journal/index.php/jnep/article/view/433
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1925-4040
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1925-4059
dc.source	Journal of Nursing Education and Practice, Vol 2, Iss 1 (2012)
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Assessments of Safe Medication Administration in Nursing Education
dc.type	article