Relation between Nurses' Accountability and Their Patients Safety Awareness at Intensive Care units | ||
| Tanta Scientific Nursing Journal | ||
| Volume 33, Issue 2, May 2024 PDF (811.33 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/tsnj.2024.361831 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Abeer Saeed Abd Alazez1; Samar Hosni Ghadiri2; Safaa Mohammed Eldemerdash2; Zohor Zakaria Elsaeed3 | ||
| 1Master student of Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing, Tanta University 1 A teacher at the Technical Secondary School for Nursing in Shabrakhit for girls | ||
| 2Professor of Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing, Tanta University | ||
| 3Lecturer of Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing, Tanta University . | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Intensive care unit nurses are personally responsible and accountable for their nursing practice and conduct which may be linked to patient safety awareness. Aim: To assess the relation between nurses' accountability and their patient's safety awareness at intensive care units. Subjects and method: Design: A descriptive correlational research study design. Setting: It conducted at Tanta University Hospitals in all ICU nurses (n=350). Subjects: All ICU nurses (n=350) who working in the setting mentioned above. Tools: data were collected by using nurses' accountability structured questionnaire and nurses awareness' of patient's safety structured questionnaire at intensive care units. Results: More than half (53.4 %) of ICU nurses had moderate level of overall accountability, more than half (50.9 %) of there had high level of patient safety knowledge, majority (85.1%) of them had positive attitude of patient safety and nearly half (49, 9%) of nurse were expert in patient safety skills. Conclusion: There was a statistically significant positive correlation between ICU nurses' accountability and their patient's safety awareness at p ≤ 0.05. Recommendations: Top management of Tanta University Hospitals pays more attention to educational training program for ICU nurses about accountability and patient safety | ||
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