The relationship between medical errors which commonly seen in pediatric wards with the mood and job motivation of nurses.

Abstract

Background/Aim: In this study, it was aimed to determine the common medical erros in pediatrics clinics and to examine the effects of the causes found on nurses. Methods: The research design used is a qualitative, investigative, descriptive and contextual design to identify and prevent the occurrence of medical errors that nurses make in the pediatric clinics. Our study is planned to be done a single center, with the participation of nurses working in pediatric intensive care, neonatal intensive care, child service, child emergency, pediatric surgery services of Aksaray Training and Research Hospital on a voluntary basis between October 2019- January 2020. It was planned to be done as a prospective study with 74 participants in total. Results: As the group with a survey score> 61 is compared to the group with a score of <61, the rate of nurses who who could not perform the current treatment at the specified treatment times was 13.5% (n = 5) in the group with a survey score of> 61, and 39.5% (n = 15) in the group with survey score of <61 (p = 0.013). We found that the performed medical treatments to patients without a written order in the group of <25 years was increased significantly 2,382 times higher than the others groups with logistic regression analysis (Nagelkerke R square: 0.289; p = 0.041). Conclusion: As a result of our study, most of the medical errors that nurses make in pediatrics clinics are due to starting working early career and less professional experience. In nurses' night-duty and alternatally working styles, their clinical adaptation and motivations decreases and the possibility of making mistakes increases.