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- Title
Nursing Students' Knowledge, Personality Traits, and Self-Efficacy Related to Medication Administration Error.
- Authors
Roman Jones, Joanne; Boltz, Marie; Allen, Rachel; Van Haitsma, Kimberly; Leslie, Douglas
- Abstract
Background: Nursing education influences medication administration practices, which involve clinical decision making and risk perceptions. Method: This mixed-methods concurrent nested study explored the relationship among knowledge, personality traits, and self-efficacy related to medication administration error in fourth-year, prelicen-sure nursing students (n = 60) who were recruited from three campuses of a large university. Results: Results indicated low mean knowledge (70.75) and neuroticism (2.44) scores, and high mean self-efficacy and confidence (5.78) and conscientiousness (4.51) scores. Conscientiousness was correlated with both knowledge (r =.271, p =.036) and neuroticism (r = −.313, p =.015). Thematic analysis yielded four themes: nature of risk perceptions, more opportunities to learn, experiences with medication administration error, and intrinsic characteristics influence errors. Convergence was evident in both knowledge and personality data; self-efficacy/confidence and risk perceptions data diverged. Conclusion: Knowledge, personality traits, and self-efficacy appear to influence nursing students' risk perceptions of medication administration error, indicating an area for future research. [J Nurs Educ. 2022;61(7):367–374.]
- Subjects
PERSONALITY; CONFIDENCE; HEALTH occupations students; ATTITUDE (Psychology); RESEARCH methodology; NEUROSES; WORK; MEDICATION errors; SELF-efficacy; DRUG administration; RISK perception; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; UNIVERSITIES &; colleges; EXPERIENTIAL learning; NURSING students; DECISION making in clinical medicine; STUDENT attitudes; THEMATIC analysis
- Publication
Journal of Nursing Education, 2022, Vol 61, Issue 7, p367
- ISSN
0148-4834
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3928/01484834-20220610-02