The Reality of Making a Medication Administration Error in Nursing Practice: Nurses Share Their Lived Experiences : Table 1

Table 1: Participant Description by Demographics.

Participant	Gender	Age in years	Years of experience	Education	Unit worked on Nurse: patient ratio	Shift/Time of day Length/Status
P1	Female	43	10	BSN	Medical-Surgical (NH) / 1:40	Day/8 hr/FT, Float
P2	Female	39	3	BSN	Neuro ICU/ 1:2	Night/12 hr/FT
P3	Female	39	3	BSN	ER/1:12 or 3;24	Night/12 hr/FT
P4	Female	47	12	BSN, MS	Medical-Surgical (NH) / 1:38	Day/8 hr /Per Diem
P5	Female	55	22	BSN, MPH	Medical-Surgical (NH) / 1:20	Day/Night/8 hr FT
P6	Female	36	9	BSN	Telemetry/1:8 (home care)	Day/12 hr/FT
P7	Female	43	12	BSN	Medical-Surgical /1:10	Night/12 hr/FT
P8	Male	51	10	ADN	Telemetry/1:6	Day/8 hr/FT