Nurses' Knowledge, Expressed Practices and Barriers regarding Protection of Patients' Rights during Medication Administration

Background: Medication administration is an important element of healthcare, and nurses have several obligations relating to giving medications and ensuring that the ten rights are adhered for patients. Aim of the study: To assess nurses' knowledge, expressed practices and barriers regarding protection of patients' rights during medication administration. Design: A Descriptive Design Setting: At Sohag University Hospital. Encompassed all nurses in Medical and Surgical Unit Sample: All nursing staff (204) nurses at medical or surgical departments Tools: Three tools were used for data collection. Tool (I): Structured Interview Questionnaire sheet: This tool will consist of two parts: Part (I): Demographic data, Part (II): Knowledge assessment tool. Tool (II): Expressed practice tool. Tool (III): Barriers to apply medication administration rights tool Results: Showed that one fifth (18.6%) of nurses had good knowledge, less one of third (29.9%) had moderate knowledge, more than half ( 51.5% ) had poor knowledge regarding medication administration rights, more than one fifth(22.5%) of nurses had satisfactory practices, more than three quarters (77.5%) with unsatisfactory, more than majority(60.8%) of the nurses had barriers to apply medication administration rights, there statistically significant negative correlation between the studied nurse’s total barriers, knowledge and practices regarding administration medication rights, statistically significant positive correlation between the studied nurse’s total knowledge and practices. Conclusion: The findings of the study revealed that more than half of sample had no training, don't understand important of medication rights Recommendations: Nurses need continuing education, courses, training program about medication administration to enhance their knowledge and practice.