Seguridad en la administración de medicamentos por el profesional de enfermería en Latinoamérica

Abstract

Safety in the administration of medicines by the nursing professional is an allied process in the recovery of health in various hospital or community areas. Therefore, as a nurse, the main responsibility is to ensure the patient's prompt recovery. The objective of this bibliographic review was to investigate the safety in the administration of medicines by the nursing professional in Latin America; this research is of a narrative type in which information from digital databases, such as Web Of Science, Science Direct, Scopus, Taylor & Francis, Proquest, PubMed, Researchgate, and Springer was used. 251 scientific articles were obtained from which 50 bibliographies were selected employing inclusion and exclusion criteria, divided into 35 original articles and 15 full-text documents from health organizations and authorities published in various languages. As result, several norms, rules, protocols, or the use of correct ones were used in the different Latin American countries to ensure the administration of medicines was identified. Additionally, factors and application routes leading to common errors on the part of the nursing professional were found; in conclusion, the different countries have manuals or guidelines for the procedures to be performed to guarantee the well-being of the patients.