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Part II: Intervention Procedures

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Part II: Intervention Procedures

Intervention Group

Intervention Contents

Macias et al. (2018) had a resulting intervention group of 627 patients that were diagnosed with solid tumors and treated in the health care setting. The four nurses were also part of the intervention group since they participated in administering medications to the intervention group. The article does not state whether the patients were informed about the study but asserts that they were assigned correlated numbers. The nurses were trained on how to use the BCMA system before the implementation began. The implementation of the BCMA system was done in several phases. The researchers did not inform the nurses that they were conducting the research to identify medication errors but only maintained that they were monitoring how the BCMA system was performing during medication administration. This tactic was necessary to prevent nurses from modifying their behavior during the observation period (Macias et al., 2018). 

How the Intervention Contents Were Provided

The numbers assigned to the solid tumors’ patients were entered in the database to identify the solid tumors’ patients as part of the intervention sample. The intervention information was provided to the nurses through two training sessions. The training of the nursing staff was critical to ensure that the BCMA system was correctly used in the medication administration phase of the treatment process. The nurses were in charge of the medication administration roles that are associated with medication errors which threaten patient safety. Proper provision of the intervention information was necessary to ensure the benefits of the BCMA systems are experienced in the health care setting, that is, reduction of medication errors. 

The Person Who Provided the Contents 

           The researchers trained the nurses on the management of the BCMA system and also entered the numbers assigned to the patients in the database. The researchers are knowledgeable professionals that understand the risks associated with MAEs which are a major cause of death of patients especially when antineoplastic medications are involved. They were the suitable parties to provide the nurses with the intervention information to ensure the correct knowledge is put across, to ensure the objectives of the study are accomplished. The intervention group and the control group were in the same health care setting and were served by the same nurses.

Control Group 

Contents 

           The control group in the study was composed of 88 patients that were diagnosed with cancer and treated in the health care setting as well as the four nurses in the nursing staff (Macias et al., 2018). The intervention contents provided to the patients in the control group included being assigned correlated numbers to identify them. The nurses received training on the use of the BCMA system to ascertain whether the system would improve the medication administration process by minimizing errors. 

How the Contents Were Provided

The information about the use of the BCMA system was provided to the four nurses through two sessions of training before the implementation of the intervention (Macias et al., 2018). The numbers assigned to the patients were entered into the database to identify the patients as part of the control group. 

The Person Who Provided the Contents 

           The researchers provided the nurses with information about the management of the BCMA system used in the administration of medications. They also assigned the patients the numbers and entered them in the database.

References

Macias, M., Bernabeu-Andreu, F.A., Arribas, I., Navarro, F., & Baldominos, G. (2018). Impact of a Barcode Medication Administration System on Patient Safety. Oncology Nursing Forum, 45(1), E1–E13. https://doi.org/10.1188/18.ONF.E1-E13

References

Flynn, F., Evanish, J. Q., Fernald, J. M., Hutchinson, D. E., & Lefaiver, C. (2016). Progressive Care Nurses Improving Patient Safety by Limiting Interruptions During Medication Administration. Critical Care Nurse, 36(4), 19–35. https://doi.org/10.4037/ccn2016498