Senior Nursing Students' Perceptions of Their Readiness for Oral Medication Administration Prior to Final Year Internship: A Quantitative Descriptive Pilot Study.

CONCLUSION: This pilot study revealed that students did not feel adequately prepared for their role in oral medication administration. Key contributors to this were pharmacology knowledge acquisition and application, along with lack of opportunities in practice to undertake oral medication administration roles and responsibilities. A streamlined approach to address these challenges involving nurse educators, clinical preceptors, and, most importantly students, is paramount. Despite the small scale of this single-site study, it did provide useful insight into students' perceptions of their readiness for oral medication administration and factors influencing this. PMID: 31789982 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Dimensions in Critical Care Nursing - Category: Nursing Tags: Dimens Crit Care Nurs Source Type: research