Background & Aim: Exposure to blood-borne pathogens by needlestick injuries (NSIs) continues to pose significant risks to healthcare workers (HCW). The number of contaminated NSIs sustained by HCW primarily due to underreporting, is still unclear. Therefore the objective of this study was to investigate the Needlestick Injuries and the rate of reporting among Clinical Nurses. Material &Method:...

Introduction: Nursing recording and reporting is an important part of nursing care that can be useful and necessary for patients, nurses, and other health care providers. Objective: The purpose of this study was to compare the effect of lecture training and multimedia training on knowledge, attitude and department nurses’ emergency performance in applying a communication model in nursing recor...

Introduction: Medication errors are considered as one of the most prevalent nursing errors the identification and disclosure of which are very important. The current study aimed to investigate the occurrence and reporting of medication errors in a teaching hospital in Isfahan. Methods: In this descriptive-analytical study, conducted in 2018, a questionnaire was used to collect the viewpoints o...

  Background & Aim: The most common types of medical errors are medication errors. Medication errors can cause serious health problems and should be considered a threat to patients' safety. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence and types of medication errors and barriers to reporting errors by nurses in an educational hospital in Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences in 20...