title: [Nursing role in reporting adverse drug reactions].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The spontaneous report system, in which suspected adverse drug reaction (ADR) are reported by healthcare workers, is currently one of the primary methods to prevent and discover new and serious ADR to marketed medicinal products. The collaboration of nursing professionals with this task makes it possible to improve patient safety and to reduce ADR costs. Although a total of 781 cases of ADR cases were reported in Navarra in 2011, only 7.33% were reported by nurses. The objectives werw to determine the factors that influence nurses in reporting of ADR, and second, to devise strategies which help to increase reporting.
  
  
  METHODS
  A bibliographic search for articles that included the words: reacciones adversas medicamentosas (adverse drug reactions), notificación (reporting) and enfermería (nursing) was conducted using the PubMed and Cinhal databases. A total of 107 articles were retrieved, of which 27 were selected according to inclusion and exclusion criteria.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The conclusion learned by reading and analyzing the selected articles was that the factors that affect the notification depend on the attitude of the notifier, as well as personal and professional factors. The main strategies to encourage notification are education and training, motivation, and the availability of facilitating tools.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The main factors that have an influence on under-notification are the lack of knowledge and motivation among professionals. To solve the problem of under-notification, the main actions and strategies to undertake are education, motivation and persistence.
authors.affiliation: Centro Psicogeriátrico Landazabal, Burlada, Navarra, España. Electronic address: ana_zg14@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zurita-Garaicoechea
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Farmacología, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, España.
authors.forename: Joana
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Reis-Carvalho
authors.affiliation: Residencia Municipal de Ancianos de Sangüesa, Sangüesa, Navarra, España.
authors.forename: Irantzu
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ripa-Aisa
authors.affiliation: Klinikum Bremen-Mitte, Bremen, Alemania.
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jiménez-Mendoza
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Radiodiagnóstico, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, España.
authors.forename: Almudena
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Díaz-Balén
authors.affiliation: Área de Innovación e Investigación en Enfermería, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, España.
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Oroviogoicoechea
mesh_terms: D016907:Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting Systems; D006801:Humans; D024802:Nurse's Role; D011996:Records
keywords: Adverse drug reactions; Enfermería; Notificación; Nursing; Reacciones adversas medicamentosas; Reporting