Further analysis of WTMAEs was performed of which early and late time medication administration errors accounted for 47.2% (n= 826) and 4.9% (n=86), respectively. A total of 1749 doses were observed being administered to 325 inpatients and the frequency of WTMAEs was 47.8% (n= 836). The study was a cross-sectional study that employed a prospective observation technique and was conducted from 4th June to 20th July 2018 at Adult University Teaching Hospital (AUTH) in the Internal Medicine and Surgery departments. Wrong-time medication administration errors (WTMAEs) can have serious consequences for medication safety. The need for care guidelines with ongoing educational programs to increase and refresh nurses' knowledge about medication administration error. There is no relationship between gender, age, and The number of years of work in the field of nursing in general with Nurses' knowledge Recommendations: Prepare a structured educational program regarding medication administration errors to improve knowledge for nurse staff. Conclusion: Nurses' knowledge concerning medication administration errors was a low. Participants employed were 40 nurses in the Children Welfare Baghdad City, Iraq Results: the study outcomes include low assessment of nurses' knowledge to ward concerning medication administration errors. Methodology: The study was designed as a descriptive design non-probability purposive sample using a test-re-test approach. Objective: assessing the nurses' knowledge toward medication errors and find out the relationship between the nurses' knowledge and socio-demographic data (age-gender-years of experience).
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