Nursing Department, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran; and Department of Operating Room and Anesthesia, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
M Mohsenpour PhD
Nursing Department, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran
M Hosseini PhD
Department of Medical Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
A Abbaszadeh PhD
Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Nursing Department, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran
F Mohammadi Shahboulaghi PhD
Research Center for Emergency and Disaster Health, Nursing Department, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran
H Khankeh PhD
Correspondence to: Prof. M Hosseini
Email: mahmaimy2020@gmail.com
Received December 7, 2015
Nursing error has complex and vague dimensions and paediatric nurses' experience is different from the other nurses. Therefore, this study was conducted to illuminate Iranian paediatric nurses' perception of nursing error. Our study designed is qualitative content analysis. Semi-structured interviews were performed with 8 paediatric nurses in three hospitals. Filed notes were documented. Data were analysed using manifest qualitative content analysis by Bernard's theory. Five themes were obtained from interviews and field notes: 1) damage; 2) careless; 3) wrong thinking/action; 4) relative/absolute situation; 5) Compulsory/Optional Situation. Iranian paediatric nurses perceive nursing error as situations attributed in wide spectrums that damage is heart of them. Two new aspects of nursing error presented in this study was wrong thinking and normalisation of errors (in Compulsory/Optional Situation). Our results show the need of more research and education attention to this issue.
