THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WORK SETTING AND THE OCCURRENCE OF MEDICATION ERRORS AMONG NURSES OF ASSIUT UNIVERSITY HOSPITA

Abstract

The nurse plays a key role in medication administration in the hospital site. As with any complex human activity, errors can and do arise in medicine administration. Medication errors are multi-factorial and multidisciplinary.They arc mistakes that are made during the prescription, transcription, dispensing and administration phases of drug preparation and distribution. Medication errors and adverse drug events are believed Lo occur at a disturbing rate