Assessing Nurses Knowledge Regarding Risk Management System | ||||
Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||||
Volume 15, Issue 3, September 2024, Page 1847-1854 PDF (330.02 K) | ||||
Document Type: Original Article | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2024.443516 | ||||
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Authors | ||||
Hosnia Abd-Elhakam Abd Elkader1; Samia Adam2; Rabab Mahmoud Hassan2 | ||||
11M.Sc Nursing Administration Department | ||||
2Professor of Nursing Administration, Nursing Administration Department- Ain Shams University | ||||
Abstract | ||||
Background: Risk management is the organized effort to identify, assess, and reduce risk to patients, visitors, staff and organizational assets. Risk management in its best form may be to use it in a pro-active manner in identifying and managing the risks. In health care, risk management can mean the difference between life and death. Aim: The present study was aimed at designing a nursing risk management system. Subjects: nurses were included in the study and Jury group. Setting: the study was conducted at critical units in El-Demerdash Hospital. Methods: three tools were used to collect data for this study, knowledge assessment questionnaire, an observation checklist, and an opinnionire sheet. Results: there was unsatisfactory knowledge level among nurses regarding risk management before designing a new system. Conclusion: There was highly statistically significant improvement in nurses' knowledge level after designing a nursing risk management system. Recommendation: nursing risks must be covered widely and in-depth in nursing curriculum of nursing schools, maintain for continuous auditing of patients’ incident reports to detect deficiencies and work to correct it | ||||
Keywords | ||||
Risk management; Nurses knowledge | ||||
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