Nurses' perception of medication administration errors and factors associated with their reporting in the neonatal intensive care unit.

Nurses' perception of medication administration errors and factors associated with their reporting in the neonatal intensive care unit. Henry Basil J, Premakumar CM, Mhd Ali A, et al. Int J Qual Health Care. 2023;35(4). Medication administration errors (MAE) in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) are prevalent. This study of NICU nurses sought to ascertain reasons for MAE and reasons for not reporting MAE. The most common reasons for MAE were inadequate staffing followed by look-alike drugs. The most common reason for not reporting MAE was leadership placing blame on the individual instead of on system-level factors. https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/nurses-perception-medication-administration-errors-and-factors-associated-their-reporting