Child Health Nurs Res.  2019 Jan;25(1):74-84. 10.4094/chnr.2019.25.1.74.

Development of Educational Content for Nurses to Prevent Safety Accidents of Hospitalized Children: Delphi Approach

• Lee YS
• Oh WO

• KMID: 2433560
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4094/chnr.2019.25.1.74

Abstract

PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to develop content for safety education to prevent hospital safety accidents among hospitalized children and to investigate the status of safety education performed by nurses.
METHODS
First, the Delphi method was used, with 18 experts, to develop educational contents for preventing safety accidents. Second, an exploratory survey was performed of the actual status of safety education for preventing safety accidents among hospitalized children using a questionnaire developed based on the Delphi method. The participants of this study were 159 nurses with at least 6 months of work experience.
RESULTS
The educational content developed through the Delphi method for preventing safety accidents among hospitalized children contained seven domains (falls, injury, electric shocks/burns, suffocation/aspiration, poisoning/abuse, kidnapping, medical devices) with 44 topics. The item mean of nurses'perceptions of the importance of child safety education was 4.18, and the actual performance score was 3.72, which was a statistically significant difference (t=11.58, p < .001).
CONCLUSION
These seven comprehensive domains of accident prevention education for hospitalized children are expected to be useful for interventions to support the safety of hospitalized children.

Keyword

Child, hospitalized; Safety; Accidents; Delphi technique

MeSH Terms

Accident Prevention
Child
Child, Hospitalized*
Crime
Delphi Technique
Education
Electric Injuries
Humans
Methods