Patient Safety Culture and Application of Medication Safety Rules as Perceived by Nurses
| Autor: | Sanaa Abd El Azim Ibrahim, Sabah Mahmoud Mahran |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Data collection business.industry 030503 health policy & services government.form_of_government Sample (statistics) General Medicine 03 medical and health sciences Patient safety 0302 clinical medicine Nursing Family medicine Health care medicine government Christian ministry 030212 general & internal medicine Open communication 0305 other medical science Adverse effect business Incident report |
| Zdroj: | American Journal of Nursing Science. 5:52 |
| ISSN: | 2328-5745 |
| DOI: | 10.11648/j.ajns.20160502.13 |
| Popis: | Background: Patient safety is one of the biggest challenges in health care through providing safe, effective care, and one of the most significant areas of opportunity for improvement is medication safety, which is a top priority for patient harm prevention from medication errors. Aim: To assess nurses’ perceptions concerning patient safety culture and the applicability of medication safety rules. Design: A descriptive correlational design was utilized. Settings: Six hospitals affiliated to the Ministry of Health from three governorates in Egypt. Participants: A sample of 421 nurses was chosen from the selected hospitals to participate in a structured questionnaire dealing with twelve dimensions to determine the level of nurses’ awareness and their perceptions of patient safety culture, and the application of medication safety rules was measured by 99 questions under thirteen dimensions to collect the study data. The results revealed that only 26.13% of studied nurses indicated a high perception of overall patient safety culture, although 77.90% reported no adverse events during the last six months. Furthermore, 76.72% reported that they applied overall medication rules to prevent errors. Based on the study findings, it is recommended to develop strategies to disseminate patient safety culture and reduce punitive culture in health organizations, creating a climate of open communication and continuous learning. The development and optimizing of data collection and reporting systems and evidence-based programs for improving culture of patient safety in hospitals is necessary, and nurses must be encouraged to learn more about incident reports and how to write medication administration error reports. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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