Knowledge about the administration and regulation of high alert medications among nurses in Palestine: a cross-sectional study

Table 4 Obstacles nurses encounter when administering high-alert medications (n = 280; multiple responses)

Obstacles	N	(%)
Inconsistent opinions between doctor and nurse	106	37.9
No established standard operating procedures for high alert medication	104	37.1
No reference for drug use	98	35.0
Have to accept oral order	75	26.8
Insufficient knowledge	67	23.9
Confused prescription	64	22.9
Unclear dose calculation	64	22.9
Find no suitable person to consult	60	21.4
Mix high-alert medications with other drugs	60	21.4
No rigorous regulations for high-alert medications	59	21.1
Receive uncertain answers from colleagues	51	18.2
Inconsistent opinions between nurses	42	15.0
Easy access to high-alert medications	33	11.8
Other	20	7.1

^aMany of these obstacles were adapted from Hsaio et al. [19] with permission from the principal investigator

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