Background: Safe medication is one of the most important nursing practices that play an important role in preventing medication errors. Aim of the study: The aim of this study was to assess knowledge and practice of nurses regarding medication administration. Method: the present study was conducted by a descriptive correlational cross sectional study design. 2021 with the 44 nurses who working in the neurology department at Main Mansoura University Hospital .Tools: Data were collected using two tools Tool I: Nurses' Knowledge Assessment Questionnaire included 2 parts part 1: was used to collect demographic characteristics part 2: nurses, knowledge regarding medication administration questionnaire Tool II: Nurses' practices regarding medication administration checklist. Results: the study exposed that the total knowledge of nurses' knowledge was around 33.09 ± 3.23 and the total practice of nurses' practice was 50.85 ± 4.28 Conclusion: the most had fair knowledge level Also the most of the study nurses had unsatisfactory level of practice Recommendation: It was recommended that training and educational sessions about medication administration should be applied periodically.
Keywords: Medication administration, Nurses, performance