The Effects of a Program to Develop Competency in Drug Administration for Registered Nurses in a Community Hospital, Phrae Province
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Competency in Drug administration, Registered nurse, Community HospitalAbstract
This was a quasi - experimental research (pre-and post-program tests were administered to the same group of samples) with the objective of comparing the pre-and post-program drug administration competency of registered nurses at a community hospital in Phrae Province in the areas of 1) knowledge; 2) skills; and 3) attitude. The sample population, chosen through purposive sampling, consisted of 50 registered nurses with at least one year of work experiences. The research tool was a program to develop competency in drug administration for registered nurses. An evaluation form to measure the samples’ self-reported levels of knowledge, skill and attitude about drug administration before and after the program. The content validity index of the tool was rated at .92 and the reliability was .70 when measured by Kuder-Richardson Formula 20. Personal data of the samples were analyzed by descriptive statistics and paired t-test.
The results showed that the mean post-program scores for competency in drug administration in terms of 1) knowledge; 2) skill; and 3) attitude were higher than the mean pre-program scores to a statistically significant degree (p<.05).The research results should be used for planning the development of professional nursing personnel. In order to enhance drug administration competency to increase.
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