CERRAHİ HEMŞİRELERİNİN TIBBİ HATA TUTUM VE EĞİLİMLERİNİN BELİRLENMESİ

Abstract

Aim: The aim of this study was to determine surgical nurses’ attitudes and trends towards medical errors and affecting factors. Methods: This descriptive study was carried out in a public university hospital in the provincial center of Konya with 181 nurses working in the surgical clinic between 15 July and 10 November, 2018. Data were collected using the personal information form, Scale of Attitudes towards Medical Errors and the Malpractice Trend Scale in Nursing. Results: The mean age of the nurses was 29.38±5.61 years, the majority of them (77.3%) were women and 65.7% of them were high school graduates. It was determined that nurses who reported that they had made a medical error over the previous year (13.8%) made errors of wrong drug administration, wrong dose of medication and misinforming. It was found that nurses' trend towards medical errors was low and that their attitudes towards medical errors were positive. The descriptive characteristics and medical error characteristics of the nurses did not affect their attitudes towards medical errors. However, those nurses over the age of 35, those caring for more than 16 patients per day and those satisfied with their profession had a significantly lower trend towards medical errors. There was no significant correlation between nurses’ trend towards medical errors and medical error attitudes score means. Conclusions: Research findings revealed that the surgical nurses had positive attitudes towards medical errors and their trend to medical errors was low.