eCite Digital Repository
Aged-care nurses in rural Tasmanian clinical settings more likely to think hypothetical medication error would be reported and disclosed compared to hospital and community nurses
Citation
Carnes, D and Kilpatrick, S and Iedema, R, Aged-care nurses in rural Tasmanian clinical settings more likely to think hypothetical medication error would be reported and disclosed compared to hospital and community nurses, Australian Journal of Rural Health, 23, (6) pp. 346-351. ISSN 1038-5282 (2015) [Refereed Article]
![]() | PDF 625Kb |
Copyright Statement
Copyright 2015 The Authors Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Abstract
Objective: This study aims to determine the likelihood that rural nurses perceive a hypothetical medication error would be reported in their workplace.
Design: This employs cross-sectional survey using hypothetical error scenario with varying levels of harm.
Setting: Clinical settings in rural Tasmania.
Participants: Participants were 116 eligible surveys received from registered and enrolled nurses.
Main outcome measures: Frequency of responses indicating the likelihood that severe, moderate and near miss (no harm) scenario would ‘always’ be reported or disclosed.
Results: Eighty per cent of nurses viewed a severe error would ‘always’ be reported, 64.8% a moderate error and 45.7% a near-miss error. In regards to disclosure, 54.7% felt this was ‘always’ likely to occur for a severe error, 44.8% for a moderate error and 26.4% for a near miss. Across all levels of severity, aged-care nurses were more likely than nurses in other settings to view error to ‘always’ be reported (ranging from 72–96%, P = 0.010 to 0.042,) and disclosed (68–88%, P = 0.000). Those in a management role were more likely to view error to ‘always’ be disclosed compared to those in a clinical role (50–77.3%, P = 0.008–0.024).
Conclusion: Further research in rural clinical settings is needed to improve the understanding of error management and disclosure.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
---|---|
Keywords: | disclosure, error management, medication error, reporting, rural nurse |
Research Division: | Health Sciences |
Research Group: | Health services and systems |
Research Field: | Health services and systems not elsewhere classified |
Objective Division: | Health |
Objective Group: | Specific population health (excl. Indigenous health) |
Objective Field: | Rural and remote area health |
UTAS Author: | Carnes, D (Dr Deb Carnes) |
UTAS Author: | Kilpatrick, S (Professor Sue Kilpatrick) |
UTAS Author: | Iedema, R (Professor Rick Iedema) |
ID Code: | 105660 |
Year Published: | 2015 |
Deposited By: | Health Sciences |
Deposited On: | 2016-01-12 |
Last Modified: | 2017-11-05 |
Downloads: | 130 View Download Statistics |
Repository Staff Only: item control page