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NCT00845494 Clinical Trial

Efficacy of a Behavioral Based Education Intervention to Decrease Medication History Errors Among Professional Nurses.

Medication Errors Clinical Trial

Official title:
Efficacy of a Behavioral Based Education Intervention to Decrease Medication History Errors Among Professional Nurses.

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Not yet recruiting

Administrative data
NCT number NCT00845494
Other study ID # 554
Secondary ID
Status Not yet recruiting
Phase Phase 0
First received February 17, 2009
Last updated February 17, 2009
Start date February 2009
Est. completion date October 2010

Study information
Verified date February 2009
Source Waukesha Memorial Hospital
Contact Kathy A Becker, PhD(c)
Phone 262-928-7887
Email Kathy.becker@phci.org
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority United States: Institutional Review Board
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of the study is to determine if a behavioral knowledge based education intervention will decrease medication transcription errors among professional nurses when admitting elder patients to a hospital. The hypothesis is those professional nurses who receive the behavioral-cognitive eduction medication taking intervention will have fewer medication errors than those professional nurses who do not.

Recruitment information / eligibility
Status Not yet recruiting
Enrollment 140
Est. completion date October 2010
Est. primary completion date February 2010
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender Both
Age group 20 Years to 70 Years
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

- Nurses working 20 hours a week or more

Exclusion Criteria:

- Nurses working less than 20 hours a week

- Nurse working as a float or pool nurse

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

Intervention

Behavioral:
• cognitive behavioral intervention
The intervention will consist of an hour of cognitive behavioral education. The first 15 minutes spent discussing cases examples of medication errors. The next 15 minutes will include identifying old rules or assumptions nurses have about medication history obtainment. The next 15 minutes will be utilized reviewing a medication tool to be used, and the last 15 minutes will be discussing techniques to help nurse obtain information from elderly patients.

Locations
Country Name City State
United States Waukesha Memorial Hospital Waukesha Wisconsin

Sponsors (1)
Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Waukesha Memorial Hospital

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome
Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Reduction in medication errors on admission medication history form after intervention 1 year Yes
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