Nurses Patients Ratio and its Effect on Patient's Safety | ||
| Assiut Scientific Nursing Journal | ||
| Article 20, Volume 10, Issue 28 - Serial Number 1, January 2022, Pages 222-229 PDF (982.27 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Research | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/asnj.2022.111983.1284 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Laila Amin Mohamed* 1; soad Ahmed khalab2; Amal Sayed Mohamed3 | ||
| 1Parietal degree of nursing sciences, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Egypt. | ||
| 2Professor of Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Egypt. | ||
| 3Assistant professor of Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Egypt. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Nurse to patient's ratio having great effect on quality of patients care provided especially patient's safety. Aim: This study aimed to determine the effect of nurse patient's ratio on patient‟s safety. Research design: descriptive, correlational research design was used. Setting: The study was conducted at Assiut Fever Hospital (Isolation, Hemodialysis and Health insurance units). Subject: 55 nurses were observed. Tools : Personal data sheet and patient's safety observational check list were used. Results: Nurses shortage appear in dialysis unit followed by health insurance unit and the highest percentage of shortage appear in isolation unit (53.4%, 61.5%, and 72%). Nurse patient's ratio have positive relation with nurses‟ application of general and medication safety standards in morning shift (0.748, 0.778) respectively. There is a positive relation between the nurse patient's ratio in evening shift (100%), but in night shift was (98.2%) for not met general patient safety standards and 100% for medication safety standards Conclusion: There were statistically significant differences between nurses‟ application of patient's safety standards dimensions and nurse patient's ratio in the three shifts Recommendation: Developing strategies to use nurse patient's ratio effectively and provide continuous training for nurses about national patient's safety standards. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Patient's safety & Nurse patient's ratio | ||
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