RISK MANAGEMENT FOR MEDICATION ERRORS OF NURSES WORKING IN CENTRAL PEOPLE’S HOSPITALS OF LAO PDR

Abstract

The objective of this survey research was to study risk management for medication errors of registered nurses working in three central people’s hospitals in The Lao People's Democratic Republic (PDR). Study sample comprised 336 professional nurses selected by using a systematic sampling technique. Research instrument was a questionnaire including two parts: 1) personal data 2) risk management for medication errors with total 32 items. The questionnaire contents were valid by five experts with CVI 0.96. Reliability testing was done by computing the relative value of Cronbach alpha equal to 0.89. The data were collected during 1 October 2020 - 10 November, 2020 and analyzed by using statistics such as percentage, mean, and standard deviation. Research results indicated that overall risk management for medication errors (RMMR) by the study sample was at a moderate level (Mean=2.79, S.D.=0.50, 95% CI: 2.65-2.78). When considering for each dimension of RMMR, the risk identification part had the highest score compared to the other three parts and was at the moderate level (Mean=2.79, S.D.=0.50). The lowest score of RMMR was the part of evaluation management of medication errors (Mean=2.33, S.D.=0.82).