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S. Resmi
M. Nandini
Medication errors are among the most common type and one of the most common and preventable causes of iatrogenic injuries. Children are particularly vulnerable to medication errors because of their unique physiology and developmental needs. Nurse as the primary care giver must be aware of the safety whil e administering medication to a child. Hence, the study was undertaken to assess the effect of computer facilitated guidance programme on knowledge and practices regarding safe administration of common pediatric drugs among staff nurses in a selected hospi tal, Thrissur. The other objectives of the study were to assess the pre -test knowledge and practices score of staff nurses, to correlate knowledge and practices, and to associate knowledge and practices with selected demographic variables. The analysis sh ows that there is a significant increase in knowledge and practice score of staff nurses after rendering computer facilitated guidance programme (t = 21.22, p = 0.000, t = 9.3, p = 0.000), respectively. The result also shows a positive correlation between the knowledge and practice of staff nurses (r = 0.093, p = 0.627). The significant association was found only with the practice and the age of the staff nurses and there is no association between knowledge score with selected demographic variables. Thus th e study concludes that computer facilitated guidance programme was effective.
Keywords: Staff nurses; Children; Medication errors; Computer facilitated guidance programme; Knowledge; Practice