Vol. 2, Issue 7, Part K (2016)
Effectiveness of instructional package on practices and occurrences of errors in intramuscular medication administration - A pilot study
Effectiveness of instructional package on practices and occurrences of errors in intramuscular medication administration - A pilot study
Author(s)
Varsha Varghese, Kuldeep Kaur, and Yogesh Kumar
AbstractBackground: Incompetent practices of health care providers along with inadequate health care systems, usually leads to the occurrences of errors in the provision of health care.
Objectives: To assess intramuscular medication administration practices of staff nurses and the occurrence of intramuscular medication errors before and after implementation of instructional package.
Methods: Quantitative approach with Quasi Experimental design (pre-test - post-test design) was used. A total of 44 events of intramuscular medication administration performed by 6 staff nurses working in paediatric O.P.D were observed, using event sampling technique, in two phases (pre implementation and post implementation). Observation Checklist was used for observing the medication administration events.
Results: The findings revealed that the computed t value (7.61) of administration practice was higher than the tabulated t value (2.00) at 0.005 level of significance between pre implementation and post implementation administration practices. Also the findings revealed a decrease in the number of errors/event in intramuscular route from (3.09) in pre implementation to (1.77) in post implementation.
Conclusion: The instructional package was effective in enhancing the administration practices and in reducing the occurrences of intramuscular medication error in paediatric O.P.D.
How to cite this article:
Varsha Varghese, Kuldeep Kaur,, Yogesh Kumar. Effectiveness of instructional package on practices and occurrences of errors in intramuscular medication administration - A pilot study. Int J Appl Res 2016;2(7):737-741.