| Title |
Amalaraj, Victoria_MSN_2023 |
| Alternative Title |
Improving Medication Education for the Float Nurse |
| Creator |
Amalaraj, Victoria |
| Collection Name |
Master of Nursing (MSN) |
| Description |
The following Masters of Nursing thesis develops a project aimed to develop a reference guide for float nurses to help them become more comfortable with medication administration. |
| Abstract |
Float nurses are necessary for aiding in staff shortages in the hospital setting. An issue arising from nurses working in varying units is decreased confidence in medication administration. There is a decrease in self-confidence for float nurses because the medications they administer vary in type and class. Time may pass before returning to a unit and administering that floor's commonly used drugs. Nurses struggle with a knowledge gap in the medications they typically administer. This issue causes reduced nurse confidence, increased medication errors, adverse events, and decreased patient trust and outcomes. This project aims to provide float nurses with a quick and easily accessible reference guide. The reference guide will be used before medication administration to increase the nurse's self-confidence. Continuing education and ensuring that float nurses know what resources are available and how to access them is another desired outcome of this project. This project addresses the benefits of a medication reference guide and how medication errors negatively impact nurses and patients. |
| Subject |
Medical education; Medicine--Documentation |
| Keywords |
float nurses; knowledge gap; self-confidence; trust; medication errors; adverse events; patient outcomes; medication education; common medications |
| Digital Publisher |
Stewart Library, Weber State University, Ogden, Utah, United States of America |
| Date |
2023 |
| Medium |
Thesis |
| Type |
Text |
| Access Extent |
40 page pdf; 1754 kb |
| Language |
eng |
| Rights |
The author has granted Weber State University Archives a limited, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to reproduce his or her theses, in whole or in part, in electronic or paper form and to make it available to the general public at no charge. The author retains all other rights. |
| Source |
University Archives Electronic Records: Master of Nursing. Stewart Library, Weber State University |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s651mysj |
| Setname |
wsu_atdson |
| ID |
129729 |
| Reference URL |
https://digital.weber.edu/ark:/87278/s651mysj |
