The medication error report is one of the improvement activities to reduce
medication error, and improving the intention of reporting medication error that
can predict medication error rate is one of the measures to prevent patient safety
accidents. T...
The medication error report is one of the improvement activities to reduce
medication error, and improving the intention of reporting medication error that
can predict medication error rate is one of the measures to prevent patient safety
accidents. Thus, in this study, a descriptive investigation study was conducted to
identify the relationship between the authentic leadership of the nurse's perceived
nursing manager, the psychological safety in work team, and the intent to report
the medication error.
This study was conducted on 167 nurses using structured questionnaires. The
collected data were analyzed by the SPSS WIN 26.0 and SPSS process macro
ver 3.4.1 software program and descriptive statistics, such as independent t-test,
ANOVA, Pearson/s correlation coedfficient, multiple linear regressionanlysis,
Scheff test, and mediation analysis. Mediation alalysis was conducted using SPSS
macro process model 4 to examine mediationi effect of psychological safety in
work team on the relationship between authentic leadership of nursing managers
and intention to medication error reporting of nurses.
The study found that authentic leadership was 3.41±.56 points, psychological
safety was 3.50±.52 points, and intention to medication error reporting was
71.06±19.13 points, and factors affecting the intention to medication error
reporting of nurses were participation in education related to medication error (β
=.28, p=.003), psychological safety in work team( =.21, p=.β 004), experience of
near miss related medication error(β=-.17 and p=.041). The specific indirect
effect through psychological safety in work team was β=.2042(CI=.0025-4892).
Between the authentic leadership of nursing manager and the intention of the
nurse to report an error in medication, psychological safety in the team has been
verified to play a mediating role.
These results showed that it is necessary to establish a systematic and
repetitive medication error-related education program that includes the definition
of medication error, cases, medication error reporting system, and the importance
of error reporting, and to overcome the negative experiences of nurses who have
experienced medication error reporting, and to make efforts to develop authentic
leadership of nursing managers and to enhance psychological safety in work team.