Nurses' Knowledge, Expressed Practices and Barriers regarding Protection of Patients' Rights during Medication Administration

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1 Medical - Surgical Nursing Department - Faculty of Nursing - Sohag University

2 Medical - Surgical Department Faculty of Nursing Sohag University/ Egypt

3 Medical - Surgical Department Faculty of Nursing Sohag Univrsity

4 Medical-Surgical Department Faculty of Nursing Sohag University

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Background: Medication administration is an important element of healthcare, and nurses have several obligations relating to giving medications and ensuring that the ten rights are adhered for clients. Aim of the study: To assess nurses' knowledge, expressed practices and barriers regarding protection of patients' rights during medication administration. Design: A Descriptive Design Setting: At Sohag University Hospital. Included every nursing staff in each Medical and Surgical Unit Sample: All nursing staff (204) nurses at medical or surgical departments Tools: Three tools were utilized for gathering data. Tool (I): Structured Interview Questionnaire sheet: This tool will consist of two parts: Part (I): Demographic data, Part (II): Knowledge assessment tool. Tool (II): Expressed practice tool. Tool (III): Barriers to apply medication administration rights tool Results: Showed that one fifth (18.6%) of nurses had good knowledge, less one of third (29.9%) had moderate knowledge, more than half ( 51.5% ) had poor knowledge regarding medication administration rights, more than one fifth(22.5%) of nurses had satisfactory practices, more than three quarters (77.5%) with unsatisfactory, the majority(60.8%) of The nursing staff faced barriers to implementing drugs administration rights, There are substantial negative associations between the assessed nurse's entire barriers, knowledge, and practices concerning administration medication rights, statistically significant positive correlation between the studied nurse’s total knowledge and practices. Conclusion: The outcomes of the research indicated that over 50% of the participants had no training and had no understanding of the importance of medication rights. Recommendations: Nurses need continuing education, courses, training program about medication administration to enhance their knowledge and practice.

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