Table 4.

Factors Contributing to Medication Administration Errors, 2019

Variables	Response	Frequency (n=414)	Percentage (100%)
Lack of sufficient training	Yes	326	78.7
	No	88	21.3
Year of experience	Yes	216	52.2
	No	298	47.8
Insufficient staffing (nurse to patient ratio)	Yes	293	70.8
	No	121	29.2
Failure to follow the rights of medication administration	Yes	174	42
	No	240	58
Look like/sound like drugs	Yes	190	45
	No	224	54.1
Wrong prescription	Yes	177	42.8
	No	237	57.2
Unclear verbal order	Yes	204	49.3
	No	210	50.7
Illegible handwriting by prescribers	Yes	220	53.1
	No	194	46.9
Wrong dispensing	Yes	196	47.3
	No	218	52.7
Interruption during medication administration	Yes	262	63.3
	No	152	36.7
Nurses administer medication prepared by another nurse	Yes	296	71.5
	No	118	28.5
Nurses write a prescription in place of physicians	Yes	267	64.5
	No	147	35.5
Physicians change order frequently	Yes	311	75.1
	No	103	24.9