مرکز منطقه ای اطلاع رساني علوم و فناوري - Nurses’ and Doctors’ Knowledge About Patient Safety and Opinion About Error Reporting in an Education and Research Hospital

Abstract :

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine nurses’ and doctors’ knowledge about patient safety and opinion about error reporting. Methods: The research was carried out with 142 nurses and doctors who work in the four surgical clinics of a training and research hospital in 2009. The data has been collected with the questionnaire form that was prepared by receiving the opinion of the academic personnel who are specialized in this subject. The questionnaire form was comprised of three parts as demographic information form, events and patient safety and error reporting. The statistical analyses of the data were carried out by using SPSS 15.0 program. Results: While the nurses are aware of the fact that all the health personnel are responsible for the patient safety, the doctors didn’t make a distinction about which personnel take on more responsibility in this issue. The participants were able to determine the errors that constitute the problem of patient safety in the events that are presented to themselves and they stated that the errors shall be prevented. Most of the participants stated that they would notify the errors that occur in the four events. The nurses (%94.9) and doctors (%90.6) think that the errors are preventable. Conclusion: It has been found out that the knowledge of the nurses and doctors about the patient safety is sufficient; however, they need training regarding error reporting.