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Selda Secginli1, Nursen O Nahcivan, Zuhal Bahar
1Author Affiliations: Professor (Dr Secginli) and Professor Emerita (Dr Nahcivan), Florence Nightingale Nursing Faculty, Public Health Nursing Department, Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa; and Professor (Dr Bahar), Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Nursing, Istanbul Kent University, Turkey; and Professor (Dr Fernandez) and Senior Lecturer (Dr Lapkin), Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health, School of Nursing, University of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.
Background:
Reporting, investigating, and full disclosure of medication errors (MEs) is a fundamental component of patient safety. Therefore, determining nursing students' intention to report MEs is important.
Purpose:
This study examined the factors related to nursing students' intention to report MEs and the use of the Turkish version of the Theory of Planned Behavior Medication Safety Questionnaire (TPB-MSQ-T).
Methods:
A descriptive cross-sectional design was used with a sample of 227 undergraduate nursing students in Istanbul, Turkey. Students' intentions to report MEs were measured using an online TPB-MSQ-T. Quantitative analysis was conducted.
Results:
Attitudes and perceived behavioral control (PBC) were significant predictors of intention to report MEs (P = .05 and P = .01, respectively), but subjective norms did not predict it (P = .11). The Cronbach's α of the questionnaire was 0.88.
Conclusions:
Attitude and PBC are important determinants of nursing students' intention to report MEs. The TPB-MSQ-T can be used for identifying the main determinants of intention to report MEs.
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