TY  - BOOK
AU  - Keys, Brenda
TI  - Nursing student perceptions of pharmacology education and  safe medication administration: A qualitative research study
SN  - 0260-6917
PY  - 2019///
KW  - *Medication Errors/pc [Prevention & Control]
KW  - *Pharmacology/ed [Education]
KW  - *Students, Nursing/px [Psychology]
KW  - Curriculum
KW  - Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate/og [Organization & Administration]
KW  - Female
KW  - Humans
KW  - Male
KW  - Nursing Education Research
KW  - Nursing Evaluation Research
KW  - Qualitative Research
KW  - Students, Nursing/sn [Statistics & Numerical Data]
KW  - Young Adult
KW  - MedStar Washington Hospital Center
KW  - Nursing
KW  - Journal Article
N2  - BACKGROUND: A lack of adequate pharmacological knowledge in  nursing has been shown to lead to increased medication errors. Safe  administration of medication has been identified as a major area for  focus in improving health care; CONCLUSIONS: The findings of this study are significant to  education as nursing schools struggle to develop curriculum to prepare  students for safe medication practice in today's fast-paced and  demanding healthcare environment; Copyright (c) 2018. Published by Elsevier Ltd; DESIGN: This study was an analysis of qualitative data  collected as part of a larger study. Students provided narrative,  open-ended responses describing how pharmacology education impacted  safe medication administration; METHODS: In the full study, students completed a brief  survey instrument, which included both quantitative and open-ended  items. The qualitative data presented in this article was analyzed  using conventional content analysis; OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to describe  student perceptions of the relationship between pharmacology education  and safe clinical practice. Nurse educators will gain insights into  students' perceptions of the significance of pharmacology in  baccalaureate curricula; PARTICIPANTS: The sample consisted of 28 RN-BSN students and  71 traditional BSN students; PURPOSE: This research study was performed to elicit student  nurses' perceptions of the impact of pharmacology in education on safe  medication administration; RESULTS: Students described the impact of pharmacology  education as either having a positive or negative effect on safe  medication administration. The majority of students described a  positive effect. Positive responses were characterized into the  following themes: Knowing how medications work, Improving the nursing  process, and Building a foundation of clinical knowledge. Negative  responses were more heavily endorsed by RN-BSN students. The negative  responses were substantiated by one theme: Inability to transfer from  didactic to clinical practice; SETTING: The research was conducted at a college in the  Northeastern United States. Data was collected from students enrolled  in the traditional baccalaureate and nontraditional RN-BSN hybrid  programs
UR  - https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2018.12.006
ER  -