Perception of Health Teams on the Implementation of Strategies to Decrease Nursing Errors and Enhance Patient Safety

Abstract

Background

Patient care is a public health issue all over the world, with nursing errors in hospitals being a significant source of harm to patients and a hindrance to the healthcare system’s efficiency.

Purpose

The purpose of this study was to investigate health teams’ perceptions of strategies used to reduce nursing error that affects patient safety.

Patients and Methods

A descriptive study was conducted from January to March 2022 at Najran University Hospital and KKH to better understand the issue. The study included 400 healthcare team members, including nurses, physicians, nurse aides, health workers, and others. The data was collected through the analysis of the health team’s characteristics, nursing errors, and strategies for error reduction.

Results

The results of the study led to the development of five strategies and 28 interventions aimed at reducing nursing errors. The study revealed that two-thirds of the participants had a high perception of strategies for reducing nursing errors, while one-third had a low perception.

Conclusion

The study highlights the importance of addressing nursing errors in the healthcare system and provides evidence-based strategies and interventions to reduce them. The findings emphasize the need for ongoing efforts to enhance the perception and understanding of healthcare professionals in reducing errors and improving patient care.

Keywords:

• health teams
• perception
• strategies
• nursing error
• patient safety

Ethical Consideration

The scientific research ethics committee in the faculty of nursing (Research and Ethics committee, Nursing College, Najran University) gave its approval. Ethical considerations included telling people what the study was about and why, and keeping the information private so that no one else could see it without the participants’ permission. Ethics, morals, culture, and beliefs were all taken into account. All subjects gave their informed consent before they participated in the study. The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki.

Acknowledgments

The authors are thankful to the Deanship of Scientific Research at Najran University for funding this work under the General Research Funding program grant code (NU/NRP/MRC/11/1). Also appreciate the time and effort of studied nurses who participate at our study.

Disclosure

The authors report no conflicts of interest in this work.