Jane Koech Author
Subjects of specialization
Affiliation
Nursing
Masters of Science in Nursing education from Kenya methodist University. She is the program manager of Ministry of Health Kenya
Jane Koech is current student pursuing PhD at the age of 42 years from Kenya. She has done Masters of Science in Nursing education from Kenya methodist University. She is the program manager of Ministry of Health Kenya
Special Issue Article Open Access
Author(s): Jane Koech
Kenya healthcare policies provide that patient’s dignity be observed by ensuring medical safety practices are observed. In this case, medication errors are a concern for both healthcare professionals as well as patients. The main aim of this study was to evaluate factors contributing to medication safety practices among nurses working at Mbagathi District Hospital. To achieve this objective, the study investigated types of medication errors committed by nurses, established actual factors contributing to occurrence of medication errors, among nurses and finally established the barriers to reporting of medication errors among nurses working at Mbagathi District Hospital. The study adopted descriptive design study where data was collected from 121 nurses working in medical, surgical,... view moreĀ»