TY - JOUR
T1 - Characteristics of nurses' gaze compared to nursing students and nurses' intentions in obtaining drug information
AU - Tateishi, Ayami
AU - Matsuo, Kazue
AU - Hashiguchi, Nobuko
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2025 The Authors
PY - 2025/10
Y1 - 2025/10
N2 - Background: Before administering a medicine, nurses assess whether the drug is safe and necessary for the patient. However, it is unclear how nurses acquire this drug information, how it is processed, and how they use it for the administration of the medicine. Aim: To clarify the gaze characteristics of experienced nurses compared with those of nursing students and intentions of nurses when obtaining drug information. Method: We used a mixed-methods explanatory sequential design. Eye tracking measurements and interviews were conducted with nurses and nursing students. Results: Average total eye gaze time for nurses and students was 109.62 ± 33.13 seconds and 255.00 ± 62.55 sseconds, respectively. From the interviews, the intention to obtain information was divided into 11 subcategories in 4 categories. Conclusion: Our study demonstrated that nurses can intentionally select and obtain drug information that they consider necessary for the medication administration process based on their role and experience. Our study results could be useful for educational methods for obtain drug information to improve the medication management skills of nursing students and new nurses.
AB - Background: Before administering a medicine, nurses assess whether the drug is safe and necessary for the patient. However, it is unclear how nurses acquire this drug information, how it is processed, and how they use it for the administration of the medicine. Aim: To clarify the gaze characteristics of experienced nurses compared with those of nursing students and intentions of nurses when obtaining drug information. Method: We used a mixed-methods explanatory sequential design. Eye tracking measurements and interviews were conducted with nurses and nursing students. Results: Average total eye gaze time for nurses and students was 109.62 ± 33.13 seconds and 255.00 ± 62.55 sseconds, respectively. From the interviews, the intention to obtain information was divided into 11 subcategories in 4 categories. Conclusion: Our study demonstrated that nurses can intentionally select and obtain drug information that they consider necessary for the medication administration process based on their role and experience. Our study results could be useful for educational methods for obtain drug information to improve the medication management skills of nursing students and new nurses.
KW - Drug information
KW - Knowledge of pharmacology
KW - Medication administration
KW - Package inserts
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105008789931
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U2 - 10.1016/j.teln.2025.05.028
DO - 10.1016/j.teln.2025.05.028
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:105008789931
SN - 1557-2013
VL - 20
SP - 375
EP - 382
JO - Teaching and Learning in Nursing
JF - Teaching and Learning in Nursing
IS - 4
ER -