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http://dx.doi.org/10.5977/jkasne.2018.24.4.347

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

Kim, Su Youn (Department of Medical Non-Commissioned Officer, Gangdong University)
Kim, Soon Ock (Department of Nursing, Sinhan University)
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The Journal of Korean Academic Society of Nursing Education / v.24, no.4, 2018 , pp. 347-357 More about this Journal
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 $4.24{\pm}0.50$, $74.26{\pm}09.57$ was each higher than that of the home visiting caregivers with $3.68{\pm}0.49$, $68.02{\pm}12.12$ (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.
Keywords
Patient safety; Caregivers; Emergencies; Awareness;
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