title: Pediatric emergency nurses' self-reported medication safety practices.
abstract: Preventable adverse events occur more frequently in areas such as the emergency department with medication errors as the most frequently reported errors. A cross-sectional survey design was used to gather descriptive data of medication safety practices used by pediatric emergency nurses in the Midwest U.S. Participants completed an anonymous survey to identify nurses' understanding, implementation, and barriers to implementing the National Patient Safety Goals (NPSGs) for medication safety. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. Participants identified several barriers to adopting and implementing the NPSGs. Additional interventions are needed to reduce the barriers to medication safety practices for pediatric emergency nurses.
authors.affiliation: Emergency Department, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH. Electronic address: jennifer.mattei@cchmc.org.
authors.forename: Jennifer L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Mattei
authors.forename: Gordon Lee
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Gillespie
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D016529:Emergency Nursing; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008508:Medication Errors / Q000451:nursing* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010371:Pediatric Nursing; D057566:Self Report; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Emergency nursing; Medication safety; National patient safety goals