Exploring Nurses' Experiences with Medication Administration Errors

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Guided Question Qualitative Study Quantitative Study
1. Aim and
Significance (5
marks 200 words)
a. What was the aim and
significance of the study?
Aim- The study aims at exploring nurses’
experiences with previous medication
administration errors and analysing their
perspectives on how to safely prevent
these medication administration errors
(Cloete, 2015).
Significance – The study provides an
insight into nurses’ practise associated with
medication administration errors. The aim
of the study is important to understand the
fine acumen developed through
experiential learning (Grace et al., 2017)
and how they can be scrutinized to
implement safe clinical practices.
Aim- The study aims at understanding medication
administration errors by new nurses and their
standpoints on prevention of these medication
administration errors.
Significance – Workplace disruption (DeFraia, 2016) is
a major issue in the organisations worldwide and the
‘issue’ can be fatal when it happens in a healthcare
setting. New graduate nurses finds it difficult to adjust
to new work environments with dominance of senior
practitioners (Sahay, Hutchinson & East, 2015).This
can disrupt the new graduate’s attention and focus in a
high strung patient environment leading to medical
administration errors.

2. Methods (10 marks
700 words)
a. Identify the
research design used
in the study and was
it appropriate for the
issue discussed?
A semi structured interview is used as a
data collection method. Consensus
meetings, coding along with author review,
author coding is used as data analysis
methods.
The design incorporates a mixed analytic
method for a crucial thematic analysis
(Braun et al., 2019). Mixed method
research provides more meaningful,
complete and purposeful approach
(Schneider & Whitehead, 2013). Thematic
analysis always extends a greater
theoretical freedom and flexibility which can
be used to decipher the ‘causes’ of error
experience and find out safety measures.
A survey (Couper, 2017) incorporated with an
explorative research design is used in the study. The
data of findings is then utilized to draw a correlation
between operational (practical) and conceptual
understandings (Smith & Liehr, 2018)
The research design used in the study is appropriate
for the study because descriptive researches often
provide an insight into real life experiences which is a
critical tool in establishing the goal of the study.
b. Discuss the sampling
technique, inclusion and
exclusion criteria used for
Snowball sampling method is being used.
(Palinkas et al., 2015).
A random sampling method is being used (Srivisut,
Paige & Clark, 2018).

the selection of sample in
the study Inclusion criteria – participants has to be
requested by email in first instance,
participants have to be registered nurses,
some nurses included in the study has to
be in managerial designation.
Exclusion criteria – similar attitude,
disruptive behaviour, absolutely novice.
Inclusion criteria – participants has to be recent
graduates from three Australian schools of nursing, and
the nurses should be within the first
18–24 months of clinical practice.
Exclusion criteria – disruptive behaviour, disruptive
addictive habits.
c.Explore the data
collection method and its
appropriateness to the
research design of the
study
Semi-structured individual interviews were
performed (where each interview lasted
approximately for about one hour to one
and a half hour. Potential barriers and
facilitators (Lavallée et al., 2018) were
identified while planning the framework of
an efficient clinical practise. Characteristics
of the practitioners involved in the study
along with the socio- cultural context of an
organisation was addressed as a part of
study. A reflection task was given to each
nurse regarding different safety measures
and best practises. Anonymity and wilful
withdrawal was reassured. Participants
Respondents were recruited from three participant
Australian college of nursing. The databases of these
universities were explored and about 427 respondents
were expected in the beginning. The research team did
not intervene directly but an administrator of each
university sent an email to each gradate. Email
reminders were sent for consecutive fortnights – to
improve response rates. Finally, 58 recent graduates
successfully finished the survey.
Given the aim of the research study, a descriptive
survey data collection method(Johnston, 2017)
provides a bulk data at a lower cost and moreover,
because of its statistical significance and precision of

were assured that the research is about
their personal reflection on best clinical
practices and their expressions and
opinions wold not affect their work status or
job security in their respective departments.
The interview process was described and a
written consent was taken from the nurses.
The data collection method is quite
appropriate because a semi-structured
interviews (McIntosh & Morse, 2015) are
good sources of reliable data which can
compared later. Moreover the participants
can express themselves to a greater
freedom and hence, it serves the core
purpose of a qualitative analysis.
results – survey method becomes an appropriate data
collection method.
3. Data analysis and
results (10 marks
600 words)
a. How was the data
analysed and was
it appropriate for
The semi structured interviews were coded
independently followed by comparison of
the codes until the coding tree arrived at a
Survey data was first downloaded properly from the
Qualtrics® online platform and then the data was
analysed using Statistic Package for Social Sciences