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- Title
Assessment of the preparation and administration of oral medications to institutionalized children.
- Authors
Pessoa Chaves, Caroline Magna; Teixeira Lima, Francisca Elisângela; Carvalho Fernandes, Ana Fátima; Oliveira Matias, Érica; Rebouças Araújo, Patrícia
- Abstract
Objective: to evaluate the preparation and administration of oral medications to institutionalized children by nursing professionals. Method: quantitative study, developed from August to September 2016, in a shelter in Fortaleza, Ceará. 323 observations of preparation and administration of oral drugs were carried out. Interview and non-participant direct observation of the process of drug administration were performed, whose data were analyzed through descriptive statistics. Results: Of the 29 actions of preparation and administration of the drugs, ten were considered satisfactory. Sanitizing of hands before touching the pills occurred in only 5.2% of the observations and cleansing of the bottle for liquid drugs was performed in 23.8%. The actions "check the right child"; "checking medication with the prescription", and "check the right dose" obtained percentages below 15%. Conclusion: measures recommended by the literature for the administration of medication were not, in their clear majority, followed, making specific training and protocols necessary.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; NURSING audit; INSTITUTIONAL care of children; DOSAGE forms of drugs; INTERVIEWING; SCIENTIFIC observation; ORAL drug administration; ORAL medicine; HEALTH outcome assessment; PEDIATRIC nursing; QUANTITATIVE research; UNOBTRUSIVE measures
- Publication
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem, 2018, Vol 71, p1388
- ISSN
0034-7167
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1590/0034-7167-2017-0197