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Influence of Nurses’ Burnout and Workload on Medication ‎Errors Knowledge in Pediatric Critical Care Units

Abstract

Background: Pediatric nurses in critical care units frequently face burnout due to the demanding nature of their work, heavy workloads, strenuous shifts, high productivity expectations, and insufficient acknowledgment of their contributions. These stressors can negatively impact the quality of care provided to critically ill children and may result in a higher incidence of medication errors within pediatric critical care units.
Objective: This study aims to evaluate the influence of burnout and workload on nurses’ knowledge of medication errors in Pediatric critical care units.
Methodology: The study utilized a descriptive correlation design focused on pediatric critical care units from September 25th, 2023, to June 2nd, 2024. Data were collected using questionnaires including the Nursing Workload Questionnaire, Maslach Burnout Inventory, and the Knowledge of Medication Errors Questionnaire. A non-probability (Convenience) sampling technique was utilized, involving 98 nurses out of a total of 134 nurses working in Pediatric critical care units.
Results: The study found that (55.1%) of the nurses perceived their workload as high. Additionally, (61.2%) of nurses experienced a moderate level of burnout. Despite this, (74.5%) demonstrated the good knowledge of medication errors among nurses in Pediatric critical care units.
Conclusion: There were significant statistical correlations between workload on nurses’ knowledge about medication errors in the critical ‎care ‎units. There were no significant statistical correlations between burnout on nurses’ knowledge about medication errors at the critical ‎care ‎.
Recommendations: Training programs about burnout its causes, risk factor, effect on critical care nurses’ performance and its overcoming techniques should be carried usually. The present study recommends continuous education program for all nursing staff in deferent level of education in all my country’s hospitals to decrease medication errors to reduce patient risk of harm and promote the patient safety and increase the number of nursing staff employed by the General Directorate of Health and Ministry of Health to treat the problem of nursing staff shortage in health institutions.