Medication errors occur during clinical learning for nursing students. This study aimed to develop learning cases to prevent medication errors using analysis of data from an incident reporting system. This study utilized an action research approach to develop learning cases. These learning cases were implemented with problem-based learning (PBL) method and self-learning materials strategies. The results showed that repeated occurrences of medication errors and near misses were reduced after implementing the new teaching strategy.

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