Efficacy of a Behavioral Based Education Intervention to Decrease Medication History Errors Among Professional Nurses.
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Brief 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.
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Target at P75+ for early_phase_1
Started Feb 2009
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
February 1, 2009
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
February 17, 2009
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
February 18, 2009
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
February 1, 2010
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
October 1, 2010
CompletedFebruary 18, 2009
February 1, 2009
1 year
February 17, 2009
February 17, 2009
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Reduction in medication errors on admission medication history form after intervention
1 year
Study Arms (1)
medication history education
OTHERFour hospital unit nurses asked to participate in the study. Two nursing units will receive the cognitive behavioral intervention.
Interventions
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.
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Nurses working 20 hours a week or more
You may not qualify if:
- Nurses working less than 20 hours a week
- Nurse working as a float or pool nurse
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (1)
Waukesha Memorial Hospital
Waukesha, Wisconsin, 53188, United States
Central Study Contacts
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- early phase 1
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- NONE
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
February 17, 2009
First Posted
February 18, 2009
Study Start
February 1, 2009
Primary Completion
February 1, 2010
Study Completion
October 1, 2010
Last Updated
February 18, 2009
Record last verified: 2009-02