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Gümüşhane Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi, vol.13, no.2, pp.514-523, 2024 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)
The aim of this study is to examine nursing
students' skills in correctly identifying medication
errors using a Level-0 simulation design as a pilot
study for another study.
The cross-sectional observational study was
conducted by 47 senior nursing students studying at a
university. Considering the 10 rights of medication
safety, a medication quiz consisting of five
MedicaMAPs was designed. Students identified a
medication error on MedicaMAP by comparing the
consistency of information on essential elements.
None of the students correctly identified the five
medication errors. Six students could not correctly
identify any medication errors (12.8%). The students
correctly identified three medication error types at the
highest rates in the medication quiz: wrong
medication 15 out of 19 (78.9%), wrong patient 23 out
of 38 (60.5%), and wrong dose 23 out of 48 (47.9%).
The students' mean satisfaction level was found to be
8.51 ± 1.28.
MedicaMAP can help nurse educators increase
nursing students' safe medication administration skills,
particularly with the 10 rights.
Keywords: Medication Errors, Patient Safety,
Simulation Training, Baccalaureate Nursing
Education