Nurses’ Knowledge and Practice Regarding Patient Safety in Operating Room | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||
| Volume 16, Issue 3, September 2025, Pages 830-844 PDF (470.09 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2025.454515 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Samar Nabil Mohamed1; Hanan Said Ali2; Mona Nadr Ebraheim3; Aziza Youniss Ahmed4 | ||
| 11Master Degree in Medical Surgical Nursing - Faculty of Nursing –Ain Shams University, | ||
| 22Professor of Medical Surgical Nursing -Faculty of Nursing – Ain Shams University | ||
| 33Assistant Professor of Medial Surgical Nursing-Faculty of Nursing – Ain Shams University | ||
| 44Assistant Professor of Medical Surgical Nursing– Faculty of Nursing - Ain Shams University. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Patient safety in the operating room (OR) has always been a major public health concern. Improving patient safety in OR is an increasing priority for nurses as sentinel events can be catastrophic for patients, caregivers, and institutions. Aim: the study aims to assess the nurses’ knowledge and practice regarding patient safety in operating room. Research design: An exploratory descriptive design was utilized to achieve the aim of the study. Setting: the study was carried out in the general operating rooms at Zagazig university hospital. Study subject: A convenient sample of 40 nurses who are working in the previous mentioned setting Tools: Tool (I) Nurses’ Self-administered Questionnaire: the first part: it was concerned with demographic data of the studied nurses. The second part: it was used to assess nurses’ knowledge regarding patient safety in operating room. Tool (II) Nurses’ observational Checklist: It was concerned with assessment of nurses’ level of practice regarding patient safety in operating room. Results: the result revealed that, 55% of studied nurses had unsatisfactory level of knowledge regarding patient safety in operating room. As well, 43 % of studied nurses had incompetent level of practice regarding patient safety in operating room. Conclusion: the current study concluded that more than half of studied nurses had unsatisfactory level of knowledge regarding patient safety in operating room. As well, less than half of them had incompetent level of practice regarding patient safety in operating room. Recommendations: The study recommended On-going and regular in-service training courses regarding evidence-based guidelines should include patient safety checklist in the operating room. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Nurses’ Knowledge and Practice; Patient safety; Operating room | ||
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