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: Medication errors in healthcare environment are considered as a serious threat to patients' health. The purpose of this study was to investigate the frequency, type and causes of medication errors of nursing students.   Materials and Methods: This was a descriptive study conducted in Arak University of Medical Sciences. Seventy six student were selected through census method...

Background: Patient safety is one of main indicators in quality control of health services. The most prevalent threatening cause of patient safety is medical errors especially medication errors. This study aimed at assessing the rate and type of nurses’ medication errors. Materials and Methods: This study was a descriptive – analytical one which performed in a non-public hospital in East Nor...

  Background & Aims: Medication and medication errors are very important in children, especially in neonates. This study is aimed to determine the factors related to medication errors in neonatal and neonatal intensive care units.   Material & Methods: In this descriptive study 119 nurses working in the neonatal units and neonatal intensive care units of 5 educational hospitals affiliated to Sh...

Introduction: Reporting medication errors leads to saving patients' wellbeing and safety and also is counted as a valuable information source for preventing further mistakes in future. The aim of this study was to determine the causes for refusing to report medication errors from the viewpoints of nursing students. Methods: All nursing students of Arak University of Medical Sciences (n=76) wer...