Developing, Implementation and Evaluation of Patient Safety Training Program for Nurses

Background: Complex medical condition, monitoring, treatment process and multitude devices in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) increase the risk of errors and unintended adverse events. So, Patient safety is important for ICUs nurses.Aim: The present study was performed with aim to develop, implement and evaluate patient safety training program for nurses.Method: This semi-experimental study with pretest and posttest design was conducted on ۱۶۲ nurses recruited from the ICUs in three educational hospitals of Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences. To develop the program, the nurses’ needs were assessed using a patient safety questionnaire (۸۴ items) developed based on WHO guideline on nine patient safety statement. After confirming validity and reliability, the questionnaires were distributed among nurses in rotation shifts and retrieved in the same shifts. After developing and implementing the program based on Kern's model, nurses’ knowledge and performance in patient safety measures was re-examined. The data were analyzed by SPSS (version ۲۱) and independent and paired t-tests.Results: The mean score of patient safety knowledge of ICU nurses significantly increased from ۵۱.۴۸±۳۴.۳۵ before the intervention to ۵۷.۲۹±۲۴.۱۷ after the intervention (p<۰.۰۰۱). Also, the mean score of performance significantly increased from ۴۲.۵۳±۳۰.۶۴ before the intervention to ۴۸.۹۱±۲۲.۱۵ after the intervention (p<۰.۰۰۱).Implications for Practice: The implementation of the patient safety education program for ICU nurses was effective in improving their knowledge and performance of patient safety measures. So, the interventions based on educational model can provide the effective program according to time and cost.

کلیدواژه ها:

education program ، Intensive Care Unit ، nurse ، Patient safety