Practices Regarding Patient Safety Measures Among Staff Nurses In Tertiary Care Hospital

Abstract

Introduction: Patient safety is an important concern of health care for treatment and for preventing complications. Patient safety includes several aspects like medical errors, infection control, medication safety, communication and handover, staff training and competency. Patient Safety positively impacts on the health outcome, which reduces the cost of health care.

Methodology: The study was conducted by using non- experimental approach and descriptive survey research design. 100 samples were selected by using probability sampling -simple random sampling technique. Established the content validity of the tool from 22 experts of different areas. Corrections were made as per the suggestion and the final tool was prepared. The check list was used as a tool to assess practices regarding patient safety measures. The reliability co-efficient was done by using test-retest method and ‘r’ value was calculated by Karl Pearson formula and found that the tool is reliable as the ‘r’ value is 0. 9186.

Result and conclusion: The frequency and percentage distribution of practices regarding patient safety, the staff nurses got highest practice score ie,98% score. Avoid unnecessary noise, especially during nighttime and resting periods. Staff nurses got the lowest practice score ie,77% in following institutional policies and procedures for accessing and sharing patient information. Study results showed that nurses were doing accurate practices regarding patient safety measures in tertiary care hospitals. Study findings show that there is a need for education regarding patient safety among staff nurses, as it is a major area in patient care aspect.