EXPLORING PATIENT’S SAFETY LEVELS AMONG NURSING PERSONNEL: CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY

Afaf Farahat Shehatah*, Omima Abdel Shafy Halawa, Amal Abd Elhaleem Farahat

ABSTRACT

Background: Patient safety in health care is an urgent and serious global public health concern. It is a framework of organized activities that create cultures, processes, procedures, behaviors, technologies and environments in health care. Purpose: Assess the level of patients’ safety among nursing personnel. Design: A descriptive design was used. Setting: The study was conducted at Menoufia University Hospital and Shebin Elkom Teaching Hospital in all departments. Study sample: A simple random sample of 550 nursing personnel were used in this study. Data collection instruments: Three instruments were used, instrument 1: Clinical Governance Awareness Questionnaire, 2: Professional Nursing Autonomy scale, 3: Patient Safety Questionnaire. Results: The majority of studied nurses reported a moderate level of patient safety. Conclusion: The majority of studied nurses reported a moderate level of patient safety.

Keywords: Nursing Personnel, Patient’s Safety.