Examination of the medical error tendencies of midwives and nurses working in maternity clinics
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2023Yazar
Karakaş, Sevda
Şahan, Özlem
Höbek Akarsu, Rukiye
Atilla, Rabia
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Aim: This research was conducted descriptively to determine
the medical error tendencies of midwives and nurses working in
maternity clinics and the factors affecting them.
Materials and Methods: The sample of the study consisted of 135
midwives and nurses who agreed to participate in the study between
January 2022 and February 2023. The Medical Error Tendency Scale
in Nursing (METSN) and a descriptive information form developed
by the researchers in line with the literature were used for data
collection. Kruskal-Wallis and Mann-Whitney U tests were applied
for data analysis.
Results: The average age of the midwives and nurses participating in
the study was 28.88±6.0 years, and the average duration of work was
5.84±5.9 years. It was determined that 25.4% of midwives and nurses
made medical errors, and 57.8% witnessed medical errors. The mean
total score of METSN was 226.20±31.78 (min-max: 126-245), and
the mean scores of the sub-dimensions of the scale were determined
as 84.27±10.23 for the "Medication and Transfusion Practices"
sub-dimension, 55.30±9.88 for the "Prevention of Infections" subdimension, 22.82±4.36 for the "Prevention of Falls" sub-dimension,
40.93±6.12 for the "Patient Monitoring and Material Device Safety"
sub-dimension, and 22.87±4.38 for the "Communication" subdimension.
Conclusion: In our study, it was found that one-fourth of midwives
and nurses made medical errors, and the risk of making medical
errors was higher in midwives and nurses who had previously made
medical errors and witnessed medical errors. The high rates of
medical error tendencies and witnessing medical errors detected in
our study indicate that there is a high tendency for medical errors in
maternity clinics.