Effectiveness of In-service Training Program on Nurses’ Performance Regarding Patient Safety Practice Standards in Intensive Care Units

Abstract

Background: Patient safety is a framework of organized activities that creates cultures, processes, procedures, behaviors, technologies, and environments in health care that consistently and sustainably: lower risks, reduce the occurrence of avoidable harm, make errors less likely and reduce its impact when it does occur. Nurses have tragedy a censoriously vital role in confirming patient safety whereas as long as give care directly to patients. This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of in-service training program on nurses’ performance regarding patient safety practices standards in intensive care units. Design: A quasi-experimental research design was utilized. Setting: The study was conducted at the main intensive care unit at the surgical building affiliated with Ain Shams University Hospital (El-Demerdash). Subject: A purposive sample of comprised of 65 staff nurses was working in previous mentioned setting. Tools: (I) A structured interviewing questionnaire; it covered demographic characteristics of nurses and interview knowledge questionnaire, (II) Nurses’ practical observational checklist. Results: There were improvements in the studied nurses' satisfactory level of knowledge and competent level of practice throughout pre/post and follow up phases, with a highly statistically significant difference between pre/post at (P < 0.003). There was statically highly significant relation between total level of studied nurses’ knowledge and practice for pre/post and follow-up at P > 0.000. Conclusion: The nurses' knowledge and practice regarding patient safety practice standards in intensive care units have been effectively improved throughout pre/post and follow-up phases of an in-service training program implementation. Recommendation: Designing a written educational programs and implementation of regular updating of nurses’ knowledge and practices concerning patient safety practices standards in intensive care units. catheter and tubing prevention of risk of prevention of risk of developing pressure ulcers, and a standardized approach to hand over at pre-implementation. Compared to (96.9, 96.9, 92.3, 95.4, 96.9, 96.9, 98.5, and 95.4%) who had a satisfactory level of knowledge three months after the in-service training program implementation at the follow-up phase, respectively, with a highly statistically significant difference for pre/post and post and follow-up phases at p < 0.001.