Development and Effect of Simulation-Based Medication Error Preventive Nursing Education Program for Nursing Students

The purpose of this study was to develop a simulation education program for preventing medication errors for nursing students and verify its effectiveness in order to prevent medication safety-related accidents that occur most frequently in clinical settings. In addition, it was conducted so that it could be used as basic data for the development of a simulation education program related to drug administration in the future. The method of this study is a non-equivalent control group before and after quasi-experimental study to verify the effectiveness of a medication error prevention simulation education program for nursing students. 23 subjects in the experimental group and 23 in the control group participated in the study, and the educational program was conducted 4 times in total, once a week as a 90-minute class. As a result of the study, the experimental group that participated in the education program had knowledge scores on medication administration (t=-5.00, p<.001), medication safety capabilities (t=-4.43, p<.001), and drug skills performance skills (t=-3.81). , p=.001) was significantly improved, but no significant change was observed in the control group. Therefore, the simulation education program developed from the results of this study was proven to be a simulation education program suitable for nursing students. Based on the results of this study, simulation education to prevent medication errors needs to be conducted continuously rather than simply as a one-time event. In addition, simulation education needs to be continuously expanded in the future because it creates an environment similar to an actual clinical site but does not have safety problems arising from it, and the results of this study can be used as basic data for the development of related program.