J Korean Acad Soc Nurs Educ.  2018 Nov;24(4):347-357. 10.5977/jkasne.2018.24.4.347.

Patient Safety Awareness and Emergency Response Ability Perceived by Nursing Homes and Home Visiting Caregivers

• Kim SY
• Kim SO

• KMID: 2427582
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5977/jkasne.2018.24.4.347

Abstract

PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to identify patient safety awareness and emergency response ability and affecting factors perceived by nursing homes and home visiting caregivers.
METHODS
This study was a descriptive study that conveniently extracts nursing caregivers who care for elderly patients in S and G provinces, Korea. Data collection was done by structural questionnaires from April to May 2018. A total of 204 responses consisting of 103 nursing homes and 101 home visiting caregivers were used for data analysis in SPSS Win 22.0.
RESULTS
Patient safety awareness and emergency response ability of nursing homes caregivers with each 4.24±0.50, 74.26±09.57 was each higher than that of the home visiting caregivers with 3.68±0.49, 68.02±12.12 (p < .001). The affecting factors of the patient safety awareness were working place, safety education, and daily average working hours with 12 or more (F = 27.30, p < .001) and that of emergency response ability were number of patients per personnel with 9 or more and emergency situation experience (F=14.00, p < .001).
CONCLUSION
These results suggest that it is necessary to develop a safety education program that can share indirectly experience emergency situations that occur on the job site.

Keyword

Patient safety; Caregivers; Emergencies; Awareness

MeSH Terms

Aged
Caregivers*
Data Collection
Education
Emergencies*
House Calls*
Humans
Korea
Nursing Homes*
Nursing*
Patient Safety*
Statistics as Topic
Workplace