Fatigue in nurses and medication administration errors: a scoping review.
Fatigue is a known contributor to adverse events and near misses. Researchers summarized 38 studies on the impact of fatigue on nurses’ medication administration errors (MAE) or near misses. Thirty-one studies reported that long hours, shift work, overtime, and/or poor sleep quality contributed to MAE and near miss, but results and methods of measuring fatigue were inconsistent.