Running Head: Reducing Medication Administration Interruptions Qualitative Research 1
Reducing Medication Administration Interruptions Qualitative Research
Whitney Griffin
Grand Canyon University: Introduction to Nursing Research
August 12, 2020
, Reducing Medication Administration Interruptions Qualitative Research 2
Reducing Medication Administration Interruptions Qualitative Research
Nurses play a crucial role in promoting safety through the surveillance and interception
of errors that cause patient harm. Hospitals and healthcare systems strive to become high-
reliability organizations. The quality improvement project evaluates nurses' perceptions of a
behavioral strategies e-learning program to reduce interruptions during medication
administration. With the growing dependence on medication therapy as the first line intervention
for most illnesses, patients receiving medication intervention are vulnerable to potential harm
and benefits. Harm from medications can arise from intended consequences as well as a
medication error. With insufficient nursing training about patient safety and quality, excessive
workloads, staffing inadequacies, fatigue, interruptions, and flawed dispensing systems, nurses
are continually challenged to ensure that their patients receive the correct medication at the right
time. The research question and topics included: descriptions of ward activity and interruptions
during medication administration, questions relating to the education program, what they could
recall about the program, whether they felt that completing the e-learning module resulted in
changes to their attitudes and behaviors relating to interruptions and whether the ward culture
changed.
In comparison Effectiveness of a 'Do not interrupt’ “bundled intervention to reduce interruptions
during medication administration: a cluster-randomized controlled feasibility study evaluated the
Effectiveness of a visual representation of 'Do not interrupt.' The aims were to conduct a
controlled, cluster, randomized study to evaluate the Effectiveness of 'Do not interrupt' bundled
intervention to reduce non-medication-related interruptions to nurses during medication
administration, testing the feasibility of this study design; assess the impact of adjusting for
Reducing Medication Administration Interruptions Qualitative Research
Whitney Griffin
Grand Canyon University: Introduction to Nursing Research
August 12, 2020
, Reducing Medication Administration Interruptions Qualitative Research 2
Reducing Medication Administration Interruptions Qualitative Research
Nurses play a crucial role in promoting safety through the surveillance and interception
of errors that cause patient harm. Hospitals and healthcare systems strive to become high-
reliability organizations. The quality improvement project evaluates nurses' perceptions of a
behavioral strategies e-learning program to reduce interruptions during medication
administration. With the growing dependence on medication therapy as the first line intervention
for most illnesses, patients receiving medication intervention are vulnerable to potential harm
and benefits. Harm from medications can arise from intended consequences as well as a
medication error. With insufficient nursing training about patient safety and quality, excessive
workloads, staffing inadequacies, fatigue, interruptions, and flawed dispensing systems, nurses
are continually challenged to ensure that their patients receive the correct medication at the right
time. The research question and topics included: descriptions of ward activity and interruptions
during medication administration, questions relating to the education program, what they could
recall about the program, whether they felt that completing the e-learning module resulted in
changes to their attitudes and behaviors relating to interruptions and whether the ward culture
changed.
In comparison Effectiveness of a 'Do not interrupt’ “bundled intervention to reduce interruptions
during medication administration: a cluster-randomized controlled feasibility study evaluated the
Effectiveness of a visual representation of 'Do not interrupt.' The aims were to conduct a
controlled, cluster, randomized study to evaluate the Effectiveness of 'Do not interrupt' bundled
intervention to reduce non-medication-related interruptions to nurses during medication
administration, testing the feasibility of this study design; assess the impact of adjusting for
