He Relationship of Medication Errors and Amount of Sleep to Day Shift Nurses, Night Shift Nurses and Graveyard Shift Nurses

UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS The Graduate School Research Methodology (RES_CAL) Thesis Proposal Proponent/s: Pamatmat, Marielle R. Working Title: Variables used:      Definition of Terms:  The Relationship of Medication Errors and Amount of Sleep to Day Shift Nurses, Night Shift Nurses and Graveyard Shift Nurses Medication Error Amount of Sleep Day Shift Nurses Night Shift Nurses Graveyard Shift Nurses Medication Error – any preventable event that may cause or lead to inappropriate medication use or patient harm while the medication is in the control of the health care professional (Hughes, R. and Blegen, M.)    Amount of Sleep – quality and quantity of sleep Day Shift Nurses – nurses working 8 hours, established in the morning Night Shift Nurses – nurses carrying out 8 hours of work, starting in the afternoon  Graveyard Shift Nurses – nurses performing 8 hours of work from late at night to early morning Research Simulacrum

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UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS The Graduate School Research Methodology (RES_CAL) Thesis Proposal Conceptual Hypotheses: H1: Day shift nurses have a significant effect on the rate of medication errors. H2: Night shift nurses cause higher frequency of medication errors. H3: Graveyard shift nurses greatly increase the incidence of medication errors. H4: The amount of sleep affect directly day shift nurses. H5: The amount of sleep significantly influences night shift nurses. H6: The amount of sleep is affecting graveyard shift nurses. H7: The amount of sleep is inversely directed to the occurrence of medication errors. Theoretical Framework: The framework for this research is based Donabedian‟s Model of Quality Health Care, in which he categorized medical care in terms of structure, process, and outcome in order to determine indicators of quality (Aday, Begley, Lairson, & Balkrishnan, 2004; Donabedian, 1980).

In this study, structure shows two characteristics of nurses, namely, work shifts, and amount of sleep, contributing to his/her

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