THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SPIRITUAL INTELLIGENCE AND NURSES' VIEWPOINTS ON REPORTING MEDICATION ERRORS IN KHORAM ABAD’S EDUCATIONAL HOSPITALS 2017

A medication error is any preventable event that may lead to patient harm. The
Aim of this study was to determine the relationship between spiritual intelligence and nurses' viewpoints
about Medication Error Reporting in Khorramabad’s Educational Hospitals in 2017.
Materials & Methods: This descriptive-analytic study was performed on 298 nurses working in
Khorramabad’s educational hospitals in 2017 with a minimum bachelor of nursing and one year of
clinical experience selected by Random Stratified Sampling. Data gathering tools consisted of King’s
Spiritual Intelligence Questionnaire and Gladstone modify Medication error questionnaire. After
collecting data, data was analyzed by SPSS v. 21 using Descriptive and inferential statistics.
Results: participants in this study includes 64. 3% were female (189) and 35. 7% were male (105). Of
the 294 participants in the study, 69 percent had a medication error. The mean score of spiritual
intelligence of nurses was 71. 71 ± 16. 78. In the study of the relationship between spiritual intelligence
and fear of reporting, there was a significant difference between the mean scores of the people with the
yes and no response (p = 0. 001).
Conclusion: More than half of the nurses had a Medication error. The average of spiritual intelligence
of nurses who reporting a medication error was more than those who did not report their medication
errors. Improving spiritual intelligence can Increase Medication Error Reporting.