?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Prevalence+and+factor+associating+medication+error+among+registered+nurses+at+Public+Hospital+Ipoh&rft.creator=Ezawaty+Mat+Johor%2C+&rft.subject=RT+Nursing&rft.description=Medication+administration+is+an+important+task+performed+daily+by+nurses+and+is+one+of+the+key+aspects+of+safe+patient+care.+Research+indicates+that+when+medication+errors+occur+the+concern+is+usually+for+the+patients+involved+in+the+incident.+However%2C+making+a+medication+administration+error+has+a+lasting+effect+on+the+nurse+as+well+as+the+patient+(Schelbred+%26+Nord%2C+2007%3B+Treiber+%26+Jones%2C+2010).+The+objective+of+the+study+is+to+evaluate+the+prevalence+and+factor+associate+medication+error+among+registered+nurse+at+public+hospital+Ipoh.+Method+of+the+study+is+quantitative+study+in+carry+out+the+research+from+the+questionnaires.+This+study+has+conducted+two+types+of+statistics+namely+descriptive+and+inferential.+Data+collected+from+N+%3D+80+respondents+from+two+clinical+areas%3B+medical+and+surgical+ward.+The+data+collected+through+this+questionnaire+was+analysed+with+the+help+of+statistical+program+for+social+science+(SPSS)+version+24.0.+The+data+were+statistically+treated+using+mean%2C+standard+deviation+and+one-way+ANOVA+test.+Based+on+the+key+findings+of+the+study%2C+it+found+out+the+element+related+to+'preparing+and+administering'+(mean%3D4.88)+was+the+highest+prevalence+compared+to+other+elements.+This+study+also+found+that+management+factor+(mean+%3D+3.55%3B+SD+%3D+4.914)+was+the+main+factor+contributing+to+the+incident+of+medication+error+at+the+study+location+followed+by+environmental+factor+(mean+%3D+3.53%3B+SD+%3D+4.231)+and+human+characteristic+factor+with+mean+score+%3D+3.51+(SD+%3D+4.237).+While+one-way+ANOVA+test+showed+that+the+difference+in+marital+status+of+the+respondents+was+significant+with+the+causative+factor+of+medication+error+with+the+value+is+(p%3D0.027).+In+conclusion%2C+this+review+paper+summarizes+the+preventive+measures+of+medication+errors+made+by+nurses.+As+it+is+obvious%2C+there+is+a+plenty+of+factors+that+need+to+be+applied+in+the+hospital+to+succeed+low+medication+error+rate.+To+improve+nurses%E2%80%98+knowledge+of+how+individual+factors%2C+contribute+to+errors+and+help+them+develop+effective+strategies+to+prevent+errors+occurring%2C+it+is+important+that+institutions+reward+and+encourage+leaders+who+demonstrate+characteristics+of+mindfulness+on+all+levels.+(Abstract+by+author)&rft.publisher=-&rft.date=2020&rft.type=Other&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Flibrary.oum.edu.my%2Frepository%2F1334%2F1%2Flibrary-document-1334.pdf&rft.identifier=++Ezawaty+Mat+Johor%2C+++(2020)+Prevalence+and+factor+associating+medication+error+among+registered+nurses+at+Public+Hospital+Ipoh.++-.++++(Submitted)++&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Flibrary.oum.edu.my%2Frepository%2F1334%2F