INVESTIGATION OF THE BEHAVIOUR OF THE NURSING STUDENTS’ MEDICAL ERRORS

Year 2019, Volume: 26 Issue: 4, 472 - 479, 01.12.2019

Gülşen Ulaş Karaahmetoğlu , Havva Kaçan Softa , Tuba Sarıtaş

https://doi.org/10.17343/sdutfd.486929

Abstract

Objective:
This work has been done in order to detect the behaviours of the nursing
department students’ medical at a medical college of a university as
illustrative-segmental.

Method:
This work’s universe is the 380 nursing students at the medical college, and
its sample is the 340 students who are at the school on those days the data
collected and also accepted to attend the work after briefing. The research
data were collected from descriptive properties, survey form, and Manner Scale
on Medical Errors.

Results:
The level of the “medical error perception” of the students who joined to the
survey is 3.26 ± 0.76; the level of “medical error
approach” is 2.09 ± 0.47; the level of “medical error general points” is
detected as 2.48 ± 0.33. Medical error perception points of the females
were found higher than the males’ points, and medical
error approach points of males were found higher than the females’ points. Medical
error perception points of the students who are grade 4 were found higher than
the other grade students’ points. Medical error
approach points of the students who are grade 4 were found higher than the
first and second grade students’ points. Medical error general points of
the students who are grade 4 were found higher than the first and second grade
students’ points.

Conclusion:
In
this research, it was determined that the students only have positive behaviour
the level of medical error perception. It was suggested that the students
should be education on awareness on the topics of medical errors and error declaration.

Keywords

Medical errors, Nursing students

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