title: Using an eye tracker during medication administration to identify gaps in nursing students' contextual knowledge: an observational study.
abstract: In this clinical simulation study using an eye-tracking device, 40% of senior nursing students administered a contraindicated medication to a patient. Our findings suggest that the participants who did not identify the error did not know that amoxicillin is a type of penicillin. Eye-tracking devices may be valuable for determining whether nursing students are making rule- or knowledge-based errors, a distinction not easily captured via observations and interviews.
authors.affiliation: Author Affiliations: PhD Student (Mr Amster), Associate Professor (Dr Marquard), Professor (Dr Fisher), College of Engineering, Associate Professor (Dr Henneman), College of Nursing, University of Massachusetts Amherst.
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Amster
authors.forename: Jenna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Marquard
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Henneman
authors.forename: Donald
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Fisher
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D004358:Drug Therapy / Q000451:nursing*; D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D053483:Eye Movement Measurements / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D008508:Medication Errors / Q000451:nursing*; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D016544:Patient Simulation; D013338:Students, Nursing