The purpose of this study is to present basic data necessary for the development of educational programs to improve nurses' medication safety competency by analyzing educational needs. A survey was conducted on 37 clinical nurses at secondary hospital...
The purpose of this study is to present basic data necessary for the development of educational programs to improve nurses' medication safety competency by analyzing educational needs. A survey was conducted on 37 clinical nurses at secondary hospitals or higher in Seoul and Gyeonggi-do. As a result of analyzing the nurse's medication experience, there were no cases of administering expired drugs, but various medication errors occurred. In addition, nurses had many organizational problems in performing oral prescriptions rather than receiving regular instructions for medication. There were six items that showed the largest statistical difference between the group of important and implementation levels of nurse's medication safety competency. In addition, as a result of the Borich’s demand analysis, the highest priority items were "Measures can be established to prevent recurrence in the event of drug side effects" and "Cases can be analyzed to find the root cause of medication errors." Based on the results of this study, follow-up studies on the development of educational programs that can strengthen nurses' medication competency should be conducted.