Knowledge and Practice of International Patient Safety Goals and its Relation to Patient Safety Culture

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1 Nursing Administration ,Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University,Egypt

2 Nursing adminstration depatement.faculty of nursing.Beni-suef university.Egypt

3 Nursing Administration , Mansoura Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura, Egypt

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Background: Patient safety is a crucial element in the quality of patient care. The implementation of internationally patient safety goals in healthcare establishments is increasingly crucial in enhancing the safety culture of patients. Aim: Investigate relation between knowledge and practice of internationally patient safety goals and patient safety culture. Methods: A descriptive correlational design was utilized in conducting the study with a convenient sample of (90) staff nurses assigned to work in medical and surgical departments at Kafr El Sheikh University Hospital. Data was collected using an International Patient Safety Goals Knowledge Questionnaire, Nurses Observational Checklist for International Patient Safety Goals and Patient Safety Culture Questionnaire. Results: indicated that almost all of the nurses in the study had low levels of knowledge and practice regarding internationally patient safety goals and low perceptions of patient safety culture. Conclusion: This study concluded that there were highly positive statistically significant correlations among studied nurses` internationally patient safety goals knowledge, practice and patient safety culture. Recommendations: Patient safety culture development among nurses can be further enhanced by close and ongoing supervision of the implementation of IPSGs in all settings.

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