Nursing Care and Patient Safety: Visualizing Medication Organization, Storage and Distribution with Photographic Research Methods

Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem

Anna Carolina Raduenz²  Priscila Hoffmann²  Vera Radunz¹  Grace Teresinha Marcon Dal Sasso¹  Isabel Cristina Alves Maliska¹  Patricia Beryl Marck¹ 

[1] ,Secretaria Municipal de Saúde SC ,Brazil

关键词: Safety Management;    Medication Systems;    Nursing Care;    Photography;    Qualitative Research;    Gerenciamento de Segurança;    Sistemas de Medicação;    Cuidados de Enfermagem;    Fotografia;    Pesquisa Qualitativa;    Administración de la Seguridad;    Sistemas de Medicación;    Atención de Enfermería;    Fotografia;    Investigación Cualitativa;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0104-11692010000600002

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

In this qualitative study, we adapted photographic research methods from earlier nursing research to identify factors related to organization, storage and distribution that could lead to errors in the selection, preparation and administration of medications. The research excerpt presented here was developed in a clinical unit of an urban Brazilian public hospital. The research participants were nurses working at that unit and students from the two final semesters of the Undergraduate Nursing Course. We collected digital photographs of the medication system and subsequently used photo elicitation to review the images with research participants, so as to obtain their perceptions and narratives of working with medications in the unit. We report selected findings here on the organization, storage and distribution of medications, which indicate there is room to improve the safety of the medication system.

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