Nursing students' perceptions of clinical learning opportunities and competence in administration of oral medication in the Western Cape.

Background: Medication errors may result in patients' harm and even death. The improvement of nursing students' competence in the administration of medication through education and training can contribute to the reduction of medication errors. Objectives: This study aimed at describing the Bachelor...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Publicado en:Curationis Vol. 43; no. 1; pp. 1 - 10
Autores principales: Musafiri, John J., Daniels, Felicity
Formato: research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: African Online Scientific Information System PTY LTD 2020
Acceso en línea:Ver este registro en EBSCOhost
fields @attributes:
  recordID: 1
pdfLink:
plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=148312694&site=ehost-live
header:
  @attributes:
    shortDbName: ccm
    uiTerm: 148312694
    longDbName: CINAHL Complete
    uiTag: AN
  controlInfo:
    bkinfo:
    dissinfo:
    jinfo:
      jid:
        03798577
        IOI
      jtl: Curationis
      issn: 03798577
      maglogo: N
    pubinfo:
      dt: 2020
      vid: 43
      iid: 1
      pid: 56831
      pub: African Online Scientific Information System PTY LTD
      place: , <Blank>
    artinfo:
      ui:
        148312694
        148312694
        148312694
        10.4102/curationis.v43i1.2044
        148312694
      ppf: 1
      ppct: 9
      formats:
        fmt:
          @attributes:
            type: P
      tig:
        atl: Nursing students' perceptions of clinical learning opportunities and competence in administration of oral medication in the Western Cape.
      aug:
        au:
          Musafiri, John J.
          Daniels, Felicity
        affil: School of Nursing, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa
      sug:
        subj:
          Administration, Oral
          Clinical Competence
          Education, Clinical
          Learning Environment, Clinical
          Students, Nursing, Baccalaureate South Africa
          Student Attitudes Evaluation
          Human
          Quantitative Studies
          Descriptive Research
          South Africa
          Colleges and Universities
          Questionnaires
          Data Analysis Software
          Descriptive Statistics
          Hospitals, Public
          Hospital Units
          Student Placement
          Cross Sectional Studies
          Self Report
          Coefficient alpha
          Summated Rating Scaling
          Clinical Supervision
          Learning Methods
          Medication Errors Prevention and Control
      ab: Background: Medication errors may result in patients' harm and even death. The improvement of nursing students' competence in the administration of medication through education and training can contribute to the reduction of medication errors. Objectives: This study aimed at describing the Bachelor of Nursing students' perceptions about clinical learning opportunities and competence in the administration of oral medication. Method: A quantitative descriptive design was employed. An all-inclusive sample of 176 nursing students registered at a university in the Western Cape, South Africa, in 2014 was considered for the study, of whom 125 students consented to participate and completed the questionnaires. Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 22 was used for data analysis and descriptive statistics were conducted. Results: The findings showed that a minority of students did not have opportunities to rotate in all specific types of wards. The findings indicated that a total of 92% (115) and 86.4% (108) of the 125 respondents were placed in medical and surgical wards, respectively, where they more likely had opportunities to practise the administration of oral medication. However, 59.2% (74) did not practise administration of oral medication on a daily basis. Only 19.2% (24) of respondents perceived themselves as competent in the administration of oral medication. Conclusion: The findings indicated that many students perceived their education and training as not providing sufficient learning opportunities to practise the administration of oral medication, whilst the majority of respondents perceived themselves as competent in some of the aspects related to the administration of oral medication, and very few perceived themselves as competent overall in the administration of oral medication.
      pubtype: Academic Journal
      doctype:
        research
        tables/charts
        Journal Article
      ougenre: Article
    language: English
    refInfo:
    holdings:
      @attributes:
        islocal: N