Kan, Ka Lai Carrie. / "May 2008." / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 118-125). / Abstracts in English and Chinese, some text in appendix also in Chinese. / Chapter CHAPTER 1: --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Chapter CHAPTER 2: --- LITERATURE REVIEW / Introduction --- p.3 / Medication error --- p.4 / Definition of medication error --- p.4 / Incidents of medication error --- p.6 / The issues of defining medication error --- p.7 / The issue of medication error reporting --- p.8 / Near miss --- p.9 / Factors associated with medication error --- p.10 / System factors --- p.10 / Environmental factors --- p.12 / Human factors --- p.13 / Slips and lapses and medication error --- p.14 / "Distraction, slips and lapses and medication error" --- p.15 / Distraction --- p.15 / Definition of distraction --- p.15 / Consequences of distraction --- p.16 / Factors associated with distraction --- p.16 / Cognitive factors --- p.17 / Personality factors --- p.18 / Environmental factors --- p.18 / Studies on distraction during medication administration --- p.19 / Distraction and medication error --- p.21 / Strategies to reduce distraction --- p.22 / Visual Sign --- p.23 / Definition of visual sign --- p.23 / Nature of visual sign --- p.24 / Studies on visual sign to reduce distraction --- p.25 / Summary of literature review --- p.25 / Chapter CHAPTER 3: --- METHODOLOGY / Introduction --- p.27 / Aims and objectives --- p.27 / Operational definitions --- p.28 / Research design --- p.28 / Setting --- p.31 / Stage one --- p.32 / Setting --- p.32 / Sampling --- p.33 / Instrument --- p.35 / Data collection method --- p.36 / Data analysis --- p.37 / Stage two --- p.38 / Stage three --- p.40 / Pilot study --- p.40 / Validity and reliability of methodology --- p.41 / Interview --- p.41 / Observation --- p.42 / Ethical considerations --- p.43 / Chapter CHAPTER 4: --- FINDINGS / Introduction --- p.44 / Stage one --- p.44 / Baseline interview --- p.44 / Informants' characteristics --- p.44 / Categories and sub-categories --- p.45 / Feelings of medication error --- p.46 / Causes of medication error --- p.47 / Causes of distraction --- p.49 / Perception of distraction --- p.50 / Feelings about distraction --- p.52 / Strategies to reduce distraction --- p.53 / Strategies to reduce medication error --- p.54 / Baseline observation --- p.56 / Findings of stage one --- p.59 / Stage two --- p.60 / One week after implementation observation --- p.60 / Findings of stage two --- p.63 / Stage three / Three months after implementation observation --- p.63 / Follow-up interview --- p.66 / Informants' characteristics --- p.66 / Categories and sub-categories --- p.67 / Conflicting feelings --- p.68 / Different effects on nursing service --- p.69 / Feelings about wearing the red vest --- p.70 / Enhanced a non-distractive culture --- p.72 / Improved cognitive process --- p.73 / Improved performance --- p.75 / Findings of stage three --- p.76 / Comparison of the three stages of quantitative observational data --- p.77 / "Lapse time, items given, and number of patients" --- p.77 / Comparison of lapse time and total distraction --- p.78 / Comparison of the ten items on distraction --- p.78 / Comparison of total distraction --- p.79 / Comparison of near misses --- p.80 / Overall Summary of the findings --- p.80 / Chapter CHAPTER 5: --- DISCUSSION / Introduction --- p.82 / Characteristics of informants and observational data --- p.82 / Nurseśة perception of distraction as a cause of medication administration error --- p.83 / Causes of distraction during medication administration --- p.87 / Evaluation outcome --- p.91 / Evaluation process --- p.98 / Chapter CHAPTER 6: --- "LIMITATIONS, IMPLICATIONS AND RECOMMEDATIONS" / Limitations --- p.111 / Setting --- p.111 / Population and sampling --- p.111 / Observer's influence --- p.112 / Interviewer's influence --- p.112 / Implications for nursing practice --- p.113 / Recommendations for future studies --- p.114 / Conclusion --- p.116 / REFERENCES --- p.118 / APPENDICES / Chapter 1: --- Literature search --- p.126 / Chapter 2: --- Medication Administration Distraction Observation Sheet (MADOS) --- p.127 / Chapter 3: --- Adapted MADOS --- p.128 / Chapter 4: --- Baseline interview guide --- p.129 / Chapter 5: --- Interview consent form --- p.130 / Chapter 6: --- Observation consent form --- p.136 / Chapter 7: --- Informal letter to nursing staff --- p.142 / Chapter 8: --- Follow-up interview guide --- p.144 / Chapter 9: --- Rationale for pilot study --- p.145 / Chapter 10: --- Ethical approval (CUHK) --- p.147 / Chapter 11: --- Ethical approval ( Hospital Administrative Council) --- p.148 / Chapter 12: --- Baseline interview (1) --- p.149 / Chapter 13: --- Baseline observation (MAC 4) --- p.154 / Chapter 14: --- One week after observation (MAC 01) --- p.155 / Chapter 15: --- Three months after observation (MAC 005) --- p.156 / Chapter 16: --- Follow-up interview (08) --- p.157 / TABLES / Chapter 1: --- Different units and the approximate numbers of nurses --- p.30 / Chapter 2: --- Proposed sample size for baseline interview --- p.33 / Chapter 3. --- Medication administration at different scheduled time --- p.35 / Chapter 4. --- Informantśة characteristics at baseline interview --- p.45 / Chapter 5: --- Categories and subcategories: baseline interview --- p.46 / Chapter 6: --- "Elapse time, items given, number of patients, distractions and near misses at baseline observation" --- p.57 / Chapter 7: --- Frequency of the ten items of distraction at baseline observation --- p.57 / Chapter 8: --- Ranking of the ten items on distraction at baseline observation --- p.58
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_326259 |
| Date | January 2008 |
| Contributors | Kan, Ka Lai Carrie., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Nursing. |
| Source Sets | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Language | English, Chinese, Chinese |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, bibliography |
| Format | print, xv, 161 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm. |
| Rights | Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
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