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KMID : 1004620110170020138
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Clinical Nursing Research
2011 Volume.17 No. 2 p.138 ~ p.149
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The Cognition Level on Patient Safety and Safe Nursing Activities According to Nurse-patient Ratios
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Nam Mun-Hee
Choi Sook-Hee
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Abstract
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Purpose:The objective of this research was to explore levels of patient safety and safe nursing activities depending on the level of nurse staffing, in order to provide effective management of nurse personnel.
Methods:The research was conducted with 455 nurses from eight hospitals in B city. Data were collected according to the level of nurse personnel from second (nurse vs. patient ratio of 2.0-2.5) to fifth (ratio of 3.5-4.0) rank. The survey tools were, ’Questionnaire on Patient Safety, a Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture developed by AHRQ (2007), and ’Questionnaire on Patient Safety Nursing Act, in which the questions were selected from nursing-related items (Medication 6 & Safety Nursing Assurance Act 4) in the Safety Evaluation developed by Evaluation Institute of Medical Institution. Data were analyzed with SPSS PC 12.0 program using descriptive statistics, x2 test, ANCOVA and Scheffe?.
Results:The nurses’ overall cognition level on patient safety and safe nursing activities showed that nurses who are in the second and third rank had higher scores than those in lower ranks.
Conclusion: The results of this study indicate that hospitals need a higher ratio level for nurse personnel in order to assure patient safety and safe nursing activities.
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KEYWORD
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Nursing staff, Hospitals, Patient safety, Patient safety activity
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