RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN AMBULATORY SURGICAL SETTING AND NURSE REPORTING MEDICATION
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Introduction
The characteristic of any working environment concerning the leadership style highly influences the behaviour of employee reaction to a certain situation. Nurses, for instance, tend to positively or negatively respond to different circumstances at their work place depending on the kind of leadership set up which they are exposed to.
Hypotheses
Based on a conducted research of both the leadership style as well as the leadership climate of an ambulatory surgical setting on the willingness of nurses to report various medical errors, the following hypotheses were obtained
Hypothesis 1: There was a significant relationship between the willingness of a nurse to report a medication error and the manager’s leadership style. This indicates a positive relationship between the two variables where one influences the other directly based on the regression analysis. Leadership style revolves around the behaviours or rather the characteristics which a leader possesses. Transformational leadership, for instance, proved to be very effective in promoting the willingness of a nurse to report various medication errors. This can be attributed to the fact that this kind of leadership promotes awareness creation on what is important while in the line of duty. Transformational leaders not only inspire and motivate employees but also induce higher levels of performance (Collette, 2011).
Hypothesis 2: Nurses willingness to report a medication error can be influenced by having at least one safety climate dimension. It is therefore paramount to create a non-blaming working culture to promote a healthy working environment with an open feedback channel.
Hypothesis 3: This hypothesis indicates that there is a positive relationship between the work of nurses, demographic characteristics, and their willingness to report various medication errors. Demographic characteristics such as age, gender, and racial background considerably affect various clinical decisions. This consequently influences the outcomes of such decisions and the willingness to report errors arising from them (Hung, 2018).
Hypothesis 3: The chances of a nurse reporting an error with a high potential to cause harm to patients is more likely as compared to an error with less harm. This might be because errors with high potential to cause harm are perceived to be more dangerous to the patient as compared to those posing less harm.
Conclusion
Creating an enabling environment with a non-blaming working culture is an important aspect of the hospital set up. This creates a positive response to accountability, and effectiveness when it comes to error reporting in medication and hence it should be adopted.
References
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C, H. (2018). Barriers to the reporting of medication administration errors and near misses: an interview study of nurses at a psychiatric hospital. – PubMed – NCBI. [online] Ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Available at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24646372 [Accessed 3 Jun. 2018].
Hung, H. (2018). Nurses’ attitude and intention of medication administration error reporting. – PubMed – NCBI. [online] Ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Available at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26510836 [Accessed 3 Jun. 2018].