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- Title
Effect of an educational programme on the attitudes towards patient safety of operation room nurses.
- Authors
Habahbeh, Atallah A; Alkhalaileh, Murad Abdulrahim
- Abstract
Background: A culture of patient safety is one of the cornerstones of good-quality healthcare, and its provision is one of the significant challenges in healthcare environments. Aim: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of a surgical safety educational programme on the attitudes of nurses to patient safety in operating rooms (OR). Design: An interventional one-group pre-/post-test design, which sought to measure changes in OR nurses' attitudes toward patient safety culture. Methods: A simple random sampling technique was used to recruit 66 OR nurses working at six Royal Medical Service hospitals in Amman, Jordan. All participants took part in a 4-hour educational workshop. Pre-tests and post-tests were done. Results: The results of this study showed that OR nurses' attitudes towards a culture of patient safety was originally negative; significant improvement after attending the programme was found (3.3 ± 0.20 versus 3.8 ± 0.30). There was a negative correlation between years of experience and nurses' attitudes towards patient safety. Conclusions: Incorporating courses about safety culture into continuing education programmes may improve nurses' attitudes towards patient safety. Nurses should be qualified to play an important role in creating a culture of patient safety.
- Subjects
JORDAN; CONFIDENCE intervals; CONTINUING education; STATISTICAL correlation; MEDICAL quality control; MILITARY hospitals; NURSES' attitudes; NURSING; OPERATING room nursing; OPERATING rooms; PATIENT safety; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICAL sampling; STATISTICAL hypothesis testing; STATISTICS; T-test (Statistics); WORK environment; ADULT education workshops; DATA analysis; PRE-tests &; post-tests; EDUCATIONAL outcomes; EVALUATION of human services programs; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; HOSPITAL nursing staff
- Publication
British Journal of Nursing, 2020, Vol 29, Issue 4, p222
- ISSN
0966-0461
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.12968/bjon.2020.29.4.222