Investigating the Insights of Nursing Students About Clinical Pharmacology Courses
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Kiarash Fekri
,
Fereshteh Araghian Mojarad
,
Mehrrooz Alishah
,
Seyed Robabe Babaei
,
Tahereh Yaghoubi
Abstract
Nursing education, requires critical attention to the science of pharmacology as well as employment of the relevant clinical skills. Therefore, the present study intends to investigate the insights of nursing students about clinical pharmacology courses. This cross-sectional descriptive study was performed on a community consisted of all nursing students who selected their clinical pharmacology course. The researcher-built questionnaire was the tool for collecting the data. Descriptive (percentage, mean and standard deviation) and analytical (t-test and Mann-Whitney non-parametric test) statistics were utilized to analyze the data using SPSS-22. The ethical considerations of the research were observed. Based on the findings, the variables of gender and the pharmacology grade achieved in the second semester predicted the level of satisfaction with clinical pharmacology course among the students as well as studying about the medicines before starting the internship. Regarding the relative satisfaction in this study, 85% of the students found the applications employed for learning clinical pharmacology contents effective to boost their skills and knowledge so that it would be recommended to use the novel educational methods for better learning of the course.
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2. Deans C. Medication errors and professional practice of registered nurses. Collegian 2005;12:29-33.
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4. Elliott RA, Camacho E, Jankovic D, Sculpher MJ, Faria R. Economic analysis of the prevalence and clinical and economic burden of medication error in England. BMJ Qual Saf 2021;30:96-105.
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6. Ranaei A, Gorji HA, Aryankhesal A, Langarizadeh M. Investigation of medical error-reporting system and reporting status in Iran in 2019. J Educ Health Promot 2020;9:272.
7. Salehi sahlabadi A, Riazat A, Sury S, Saffarinia N, Damerchi Z, Pouyakian M. Investigating the causes of nursing errors and its reduction countermeasures in recent studies: a review. Iran J Ergonom 2020;8:74-88.
8. Karimi Tezerji S, Davaridolatabadi N. Evaluation of factors affecting medication errors by nurses in ICU department of hospitals affiliated with Bandar Abbas Medical University. J Mod Med Inform Sci 2018;4:17-22.
9. Mosakazemi SZ, Bastani P, Marzaleh MA, Peyravi MR. A survey on the frequency of medication errors caused due to look-alike drugs in the emergency department of the educational hospitals of Shiraz, Iran, 2016. Iran J Health Saf Environ 2019;6:1167-74.
10. Musharyanti L, Haryanti F, Claramita M. Improving nursing students’ medication safety knowledge and skills on using the 4C/ID learning model. J Multidiscip Healthc 2021;14:287-95.
11. Farhani Nezhad S, Frootanfar J, Khanchemehr Y, Rezaei M. Evaluating the rate and type of medication errors by nurses: a study at the general hospital in southern Iran. J Adv Pharm Educ Res 2020;10:98-102.
12. Salehi S, Aghaei Hashchin A, Ahmadi Teymourlouy A, Abbasi Chaleshtari A. Investigating the Effect of Active Learning from Medication Errors on their Reporting in Nursing. J Patient Saf Qual Improv 2023;11:135-43.
13. Tsegaye D, Alem G, Tessema Z, Alebachew W. Medication administration errors and associated factors among nurses. Int J Gen Med 2020;13:1621-32.
14. Bifftu B, Tewolde A. Incidence of medication administration errors in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies. J Patient Saf Qual Improv 2019;7:167-75.
15. Abukhader I, Abukhader K. Effect of medication safety education program on intensive care nurses’ knowledge regarding medication errors. J Biosci Med 2020;8:135.
16. HCMEP. Nursing curriculum, 2022. (Accessed 2024; at https://hcmep.behdasht.gov.ir).
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21. Jafarian-Amiri SR, Zabihi A, Qalehsari MQ. The challenges of supporting nursing students in clinical education. J Educ Health Promot 2020;9:216.
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25. Oestreich JH, Guy JW. Game-based learning in pharmacy education. Pharmacy (Basel) 2022;10:11.
26. Izadpanah M, Eslami K, Ardekani RJ, Kouti L. Designing PharmQuiz Educational Game Application to Facilitate Learning of Pharmaceutical Information for Pharmacy Students. J Pharm Care 2021;9:18-23.
27. Najafi M, Eteraf Oskouei T. Pharmacy Students’ Attitude in Tabriz University of Medical Sciences toward Using Computerized Simulations in Teaching Pharmacology. Iran J Med Educ 2011;11:308-17.
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30. Dadras E, Baghaei R, Sharifi H, Sayyadi H. Relationship Between Pharmaceutical Knowledge and Probability of Medication Errors Among Nurses: A Cross-sectional Study in the Northwest of Iran in 2020. Health Scope 2022;11:e112269.
31. Rajabpour-Nikfam M. Experiences of nursing students and clinical teachers about clinical pharmacology course: A qualitative study. Res Med Educ 2016;8:53-60.
32. Rezaee S, Bagheri-Saweh MI, Nouri B, Valiee S. Effect of Simulation-Based Debriefing on Nursing Students’ Competence in Medication Administration: An Experimental Study. Strides Dev Med Educ 2021;18:e1042.
33. Silva RdOS, Pereira AM, Araújo DCSAd, Rocha KSS, Serafini MR, de Lyra Jr DP. Effect of digital serious games related to patient care in pharmacy education: a systematic review. Simul Gaming 2021;52:554-84.
34. Rahim ASA, Ziden AA, Yap BK. Gamified online quizzes: pharmacy student perceptions of learning in an undergraduate medicinal chemistry course. Malaysian J Pharm 2020;6:6-12.
35. Pence PL. Student satisfaction and self-confidence in learning with virtual simulations. Teach Learn Nurs 2022;17:31-5.
36. Jacobs C, Rigby JM. Developing measures of immersion and motivation for learning technologies in healthcare simulation: a pilot study. J Adv Med Educ Prof 2022;10:163-71.
37. Dehvan F, Dehkordi AH, Gheshlagh RG, Kurdi A. The prevalence of medication errors among nursing students: a systematic and meta-analysis study. Int J Prev Med 2021;12:21.
38. Cant R, Cooper S, Ryan C. Using virtual simulation to teach evidence‐based practice in nursing curricula: A rapid review. Worldviews Evid Based Nurs 2022;19:415-22.
39. Sim JJM, Rusli KDB, Seah B, Levett-Jones T, Lau Y, Liaw SY. Virtual simulation to enhance clinical reasoning in nursing: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Clin Simul Nurs 2022;69:26-39.
40. Dubovi I. Online computer-based clinical simulations: the role of visualizations. Clin Simul Nurs 2019;33:35-41.
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Fekri K, Araghian Mojarad F, Alishah M, Babaei SR, Yaghoubi T. Investigating the Insights of Nursing Students About Clinical Pharmacology Courses. Acta Med Iran. 2025;62(5):254-263.
