title: Nursing students' medication errors and their opinions on the reasons of errors: A cross-sectional survey.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine number and type of medication administration errors made by nursing students, and to explore the rate of reportings, emotions after the errors and the causes of errors.
  
  
  METHODS
  The cross-sectional study was conducted at the two schools of nursing, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey, in February 2009, and comprised students having worked in hospital settings for a minimum of one semester and who had been involved in administering medications. SPSS 13 was used for statistical analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of the 324 subjects in the study, 124(38.3%) had made an error in clinical/field applications. Overall, 402 medication administration errors had been reported of which 155 (38.6%) were detected and corrected by academic nurses. The most common error reported was deviation from aseptic technique in 96(23.8%) cases. Most common emotions resulting from errors were fear in 45(28.8%) and anxiety in 37(23.5%). Most common cause was performance deficit in 141(43.4%) cases and the most common contributing factor was workload declared by 179(55.2%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The error rate among nursing students was high whereas reporting of errors was low.
authors.affiliation: Antalya School of Health, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Fatma
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cebeci
authors.affiliation: Antalya School of Health, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ebru
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Karazeybek
authors.affiliation: Antalya School of Health, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Gulten
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sucu
authors.affiliation: Ankara Numune Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Rabia
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kahveci
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005239:Fear / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008508:Medication Errors / Q000523:psychology*; D012308:Risk Management; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D014421:Turkey; D016526:Workload / Q000523:psychology; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Contributing factors, Errors, Medication errors, Nursing education, Nursing students.