Medication administration – nursing workload and patient safety in clinical wards

Patient Safety Incidents and Nursing Workload 1

Objective: to identify the relationship between the workload of the nursing team and the occurrence of patient safety incidents linked to nursing care in a public hospital in Chile. Method: quantitative, analytical, cross-sectional research through review of medical records. The estimation of workload in Intensive Care Units (ICUs) was performed using the Therapeutic Interventions Scoring Sys...

Nursing time devoted to medication administration in long-term care: clinical, safety, and resource implications.

OBJECTIVES To quantify the time required for nurses to complete the medication administration process in long-term care (LTC). DESIGN Time-motion methods were used to time all steps in the medication administration process. SETTING LTC units that differed according to case mix (physical support, behavioral care, dementia care, and continuing care) in a single facility in Ontario, Canada. ...

Quantifying nursing workflow in medication administration.

New medication administration systems are showing promise in improving patient safety at the point of care, but adoption of these systems requires significant changes in nursing workflow. To prepare for these changes, the authors report on a time-motion study that measured the proportion of time that nurses spend on various patient care activities, focusing on medication administration-related ...

nursing assistants, medication errors, and patient safety: a new challenge in iran

Nursing staffing, nursing workload, the work environment and patient outcomes.

Nurse staffing (fewer RNs), increased workload, and unstable nursing unit environments were linked to negative patient outcomes including falls and medication errors on medical/surgical units in a mixed method study combining longitudinal data (5 years) and primary data collection.