Influence of Nurses Workload Regarding Medication Errors Knowledge in
Pediatric Critical Care Unit
MoMuataz Aqeel Oohayyid, Zeki Sabah Musihb
Medication errors encompass preventable occurrence resulting in inappropriate medication use or patient harm, occurring during administration processes, dispensing, or prescription.To assess the influence of workload on nurses' knowledge about medication errors in the pediatric critical care units. A descriptive cross-sectional design was employed for this study to investigate the influence of workload on nurses' medication errors knowledge, particularly within the realm of pediatric critical care, from August 1, 2023, to March 1, 2024. The study utilized a questionnaire comprising three sections: the first to gather sociodemographic data of addict patients, and the second Nursing workload questionnaire, and third section Knowledge, Attitude And Behavior (KAB) In Medication Errors Questionnaire. A non-probability (purposive) sampling technique was employed in this study, involving 134 nurses works in critical care units. Data analysis encompassed descriptive and inferential statistics. Findings revealed the perception of the causes among the three levels for nursing workload at most (55.1%) ware high, medication error knowledge among nurses at critical care at most (74.5%) were good, and results showed there were significant statistical positive direction correlations between workload on nurses' knowledge about medication errors at the critical care unit at p- value P < 0.05. More than half of the nurses in the study displayed a high level of workload, and good knowledge about medication errors. According to the findings of the research, show that significant correlation between workload and medication errors knowledge.
Keywords: Influence, Nurses workload, Medication errors, Pediatric critical care unites
