Interactive animation in secure administration of medications

Abstract

Introduction: The objective of this research was to strengthen the nursing staff in the safe administration of medicines through an interactive animation, oriented towards the welfare of the subject of care that requires therapeutic attention in the different health services. Methodology: Qualitative-quantitative cross-sectional study (mixed), with literature review in the first phase and in the second phase quasi-experimental execution, applying ethical considerations such as: Pre-test and post-test validation by experts. Results: The applicability of interactive animation provides strengthening in the perception of nursing staff about the importance of adherence in the practice of ethics in safe administration of medicines in health services. Applying in this part, the quantitative phase with quasi-experimental design type to the nursing student population of the University Foundation of the Andean Area, who study 8 semester and which is taken as a sample in the morning session 29 students and in the afternoon session 19 nursing students. Where it was evidenced in the day tomorrow with the students of nursing that 51.7% had theoretical knowledge and that with the realization of the posttest improved to 86.2%, as for the ethical ethical responsibility in the pretest 62% have adherence to the ethics in safe administration of medications and that with the post-test changed to 93% improving the perception of adherence to ethics in safe administration of medicines. In the pretest and posttest results made to the students of the afternoon session, 52.6% have theoretical knowledge in the pre-test and with a result of 89.4% in the post-test; in the part of ethical legal responsibility, 68.4% was obtained in the pre-test and 89.4% in the post-test. The above described was improved with interactive animation, strengthening the theoretical and ethical knowledge in safe administration of intravenous medications to the subject that requires therapeutic attention. Conclusion: It is concluded that interactive animation is a program that helps the nursing profession know that it has the task and duty to administer pharmacological treatments applying ethics in the practice of the same, since the user that requires a treatment has the right to have its organic and systemic integrity protected. Additionally, in relation to the study carried out, it is evident that through interactive animation, the theoretical and practical knowledge in safe drug administration was strengthened.