DOI: 10.58809/ryim4819 ISSN:

Increasing simulation to improve confidence during medication administration in associate degree nursing students

Jessica Landry-Lyons, null null, null null, null null, null null, null null
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At Eastern Maine Community College (EMCC) students are taught the skills needed for medication administration (MA) in the first semester of their nursing education career. Following the successful completion of their MA evaluation, students are allowed to pass medications with their instructor during clinical rotations. Nursing students work to acquire and refine the practical experience and critical thinking necessary to safely administer medications. Students remark that they lack confidence when administering medications due to minimal opportunities to perform the actual skill during clinical experiences (Schneidereith, 2021). MA errors still occur at alarming rates within health systems across the world, and the significance of medication safety is of paramount importance in terms of nursing education (Jones et al., 2022). Although a lack of MA experiences may occur for many reasons, faculty need to be mindful of the student experience and find adjunctive ways to provide MA opportunities. In fostering this crucial skill, the proposition of increasing the number of MA simulations offered could close the gap in student confidence in this skill.

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