Nurses’ Knowledge and Practice Regarding Patient Safety in Operating Room

Nabil Mohamed, Samar; Said Ali, Hanan; Nadr Ebraheim, Mona; Youniss Ahmed, Aziza

doi:10.21608/ejhc.2025.454515

Nurses’ Knowledge and Practice Regarding Patient Safety in Operating Room

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ 1Master Degree in Medical Surgical Nursing - Faculty of Nursing –Ain Shams University,

² 2Professor of Medical Surgical Nursing -Faculty of Nursing – Ain Shams University

³ 3Assistant Professor of Medial Surgical Nursing-Faculty of Nursing – Ain Shams University

⁴ 4Assistant Professor of Medical Surgical Nursing– Faculty of Nursing - Ain Shams University.

10.21608/ejhc.2025.454515

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.

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