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KMID : 0869920180240040347
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Journal of Korean Academy Society of Nursing Education
2018 Volume.24 No. 4 p.347 ~ p.357
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Patient Safety Awareness and Emergency Response Ability Perceived by Nursing Homes and Home Visiting Caregivers
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Kim Su-Youn
Kim Soon-Ok
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Abstract
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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify patient safety awareness and emergency response ability and affecting factors perceived by nursing homes and home visiting caregivers.
Methods: This study was a descriptive study that conveniently extracts nursing caregivers who care for elderly patients in S and G provinces, Korea. Data collection was done by structural questionnaires from April to May 2018. A total of 204 responses consisting of 103 nursing homes and 101 home visiting caregivers were used for data analysis in SPSS Win 22.0.
Results: Patient safety awareness and emergency response ability of nursing homes caregivers with each 4.24±0.50, 74.26±09.57 was each higher than that of the home visiting caregivers with 3.68±0.49, 68.02±12.12 (p<.001). The affecting factors of the patient safety awareness were working place, safety education, and daily average working hours with 12 or more (F = 27.30, p<.001) and that of emergency response ability were number of patients per personnel with 9 or more and emergency situation experience (F=14.00, p<.001).
Conclusion: These results suggest that it is necessary to develop a safety education program that can share indirectly experience emergency situations that occur on the job site.
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KEYWORD
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Patient safety, Caregivers, Emergencies, Awareness
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