A Study on the Relationships among Perception about Patient Safety Culture, Patient Safety Competence, and Safety Nursing Activities of Emergency Room Nurses

응급실 간호사의 환자안전문화에 대한 인식, 환자안전역량, 안전간호활동 관계

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between recognition about patient safety culture, patient safety competence, and safety nursing activities for emergency room nurses. The subjects of this study were 121 nurses working in the emergency room among the nurses with more than one year working in 9 general hospitals. The research tools were structured questionnaires of patient safety culture, patient safety competence, and safety nursing activities. As a result of this study, the perception of the patient safety culture was 3.51 out of 5, and the patient safety knowledge / attitude at the individual level was the highest. Patient safety competence was 3.60 points out of 5, and sub-domain showed 3.91 for attitude, 3.47 for skill, 3.24 for knowledge. Safety nursing activities showed 3.85 points out of 5 points and sub-area showed the highest level of medication. There was a positive correlation between safety nursing activities and patient safety culture(r=.40, p<.001), patient safety competence, and safety nursing activities(r=.70, p<.001), patient safety competence and patient safety culture(r=.40, p<.001). Especially, it was found that among the characteristics showing differences in the perception of the safety culture, patient safety competence, and safety nursing activities, the safety education within the last one year was influential. The lowest score in the knowledge domain was found to be the lowest among sub-scales of patient safety competence, and it was found that efforts to increase the knowledge level of patient safety were needed.

본 연구는 응급실 간호사를 대상으로 환자안전문화에 대한 인식, 환자안전역량, 안전간호활동의 관계를 파악하기 위하여 시도되었다. 연구대상은 9개 종합병원에서 근무하는 1년 이상의 경력간호사 중 응급실에서 근무하는 간호사 121명을 대상으로 하였으며, 연구도구는 환자안전문화, 환자안전역량, 안전간호활동의 구조화된 설문지를 이용하였다. 본 연구 결과 환자안전문화에 대한 인식은 5점 만점에 3.51, 개인차원의 환자안전 지식/태도가 가장 높게 나타났다. 환자안전역량은 5점 만점에 3.60으로 나타났으며, 하위영역은 태도 3.91, 기술 3.47, 지식 3.24 순이었다. 안전간호활동은 5점 만점에 3.85로 나타났으며 하위영역은 투약 간호가 가장 높게 나타났다. 안전간호활동과 환자안전문화에 대한 인식(r=.40, p<.001), 환자안전역량과 안전간호활동(r=.70, p<.001), 환자안전역량과 환자안전문화(r=.40, p<.001) 모두 정적상관이 있는 것으로 나타났다. 특히 환자안전문화에 대한 인식, 환자안전역량, 안전간호활동에 차이를 보이는 특성 중 최근 1년 이내 안전교육을 받은 것이 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타나 임상현장에서 이루어지는 안전교육의 중요성이 부각되었다. 또한 환자안전역량의 하위영역 중 지식 영역의 점수가 가장 낮게 측정되어 환자안전 관련 지식수준을 높이기 위한 노력이 필요하다.