A Study to Assess the Existing Practice and Factors Related To Medication Administration among Staff Nurses in Different Medical- Surgical Units of a Selected Hospital, West Bengal

Medication administration is an important clinical procedure and the chief responsibility of the staff nurses. A descriptive survey was conducted to assess the existing practice and to find out the factors related to medication administration among the staff nurses of a selected hospital, West Bengal. Convenient sampling technique was used to select 120 nursing staffs from the selected hospital. A structured interview schedule was developed to collect the socio demographic data and observation checklist was developed to assess the existing practice of medication administration. Structured interview schedule was also developed to identify the factors related to medication administration. The findings of the study revealed that the scientific principles are followed by 45% staff nurses in case of oral medication, 33.33% staff nurses in case of IV medication, 85.45% staff nurses in case of IM medication, 88% staff nurses in case of eye drop instillation respectively. The findings also revealed that the staff nurses practice is very poor in unit preparation & patient preparation area. The findings showed that there is a significant association with age, work setting and existing practice of oral medication administration at 0.05 levels of significance. There is also significant association between age, job training and IV medication administration at 0.05 levels of significance. The study result also showed a significant association between age and existing practice of IM medication administration too. The study concluded that as the staffs nurses are poorly adhere to the medication administration procedure, development of different policy and procedure with ongoing education and monitoring of the safe medication practice is recommended