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Research Paper | Nursing | India | Volume 12 Issue 10, October 2023 | Popularity: 5.5 / 10
Knowledge and Attitude on Patient Safety among ICU Nurses in Selected Hospital at Chennai
Tamilarasi .B, Anbuselvi .S, Jocelyn Jebarathna .J, Balamurugan .G, Kalaiselvi .S, Kripa Biju, Pavalakodi. E 7, Pooja. K, Yaqub Ahamed .S .M. B
Abstract: Patient safety is a health care discipline that emerged with evolving complexity in health care system. Safety of patient during the provision of health services that are safer and high quality is a prerequisite for strengthening health care system. Astudy was conducted to assess the knowledge and attitude of patient safety among ICU nurses in selected hospital at Chennai. A non - experimental descriptive design was adopted for the study and 30 ICU nurses were selected using purposive sampling technique. Modified Attitude to Patient Safety Questionnaire (APSQ) was used to assess the level of knowledge and attitude regarding patient safety. The study finding showed that the mean knowledge score on patient safety was observed as 52.83 with standard deviation of 13.123 and mean attitude score on patient safety was 76.70 with standard deviation of 7.962. The significance value of 0.041 which is less than the commonly used significance level of 0.05 indicate that thus correlation is statistically significant at P<0.05.
Keywords: Knowledge, attitude, patient safety, ICU Nurses
Edition: Volume 12 Issue 10, October 2023
Pages: 1075 - 1077
DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.21275/SR231011095523
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