Analysis of drug administration by nurses in health facility I

Analysis of drug administration by nurses in a health facility I Author: Zuzana Sládková Tutor: doc. PharmDr. Josef Malý, Ph.D. Department of Social and Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové, Charles University Introduction and aims: Drug administration is one of the riskiest part of nursing. The aim of this thesis was to analyze the drug administration by nurses to the patients hospitalized in four hospitals in the South Bohemian region. Methods: The data for this observational-interventional study were collected from June to August 2021 in four hospitals (surgical department, internal medicine department, aftercare department), during three consecutive days in each department.The data were collected by a trained team consisting of a pharmacist and a nurse using direct observation. The following parameters were observed: information about the patient (e.g. gender, age, pharmacotherapy), information about the nurse (e.g. gender, education, length of practice), data related to drug administration (e.g. hygiene, patient identification, the right drug, the right patient, the right strength, the right dose, the right time, handling the medicine, the drink used to take the drug, drug administration in relation to food). The data were anonymized, transferred into the web database and..