Background: QSEN has a variety of suggested strategies for teaching safe medication administration. However, they do\nnot have a recommendation for how to assess it. The purpose of this study was to gain information on how safe medication\nadministration is assessed in nursing education.\nMethods: A survey was developed to identify methods used by nursing faculty members to assess nursing studentsââ?¬â?¢\nknowledge and skills of safe medication administration. The specific research questions addressed in the survey were: 1)\nHow is safe medication administration assessed prior to students entering the clinical area; 2) How is safe medication\nadministration assessed during clinical; 3) How is knowledge of ââ?¬Å?right drugââ?¬Â assessed in the classroom and 4) How is\nknowledge of ââ?¬Å?right doseââ?¬Â assessed in the classroom setting.\nResults: The results of the survey indicated no standardized method for assessing safe medication administration in\nnursing education.\nConclusions: There is much variation in how and when safe medication administration is assessed in the education\nsetting. There is a need for a valid and reliable comprehensive assessment of safe medication administration in order to\nevaluate whether nursing students have the knowledge, skills and attitude to safely administrate medications.
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