Table 3 Distribution of the studied students according to clinical safety issues (n = 266)
From: Nursing students’ perspectives on patients' safety competencies: a cross-sectional survey
Clinical safety issues | Strongly disagree | Disagree | Neutral | Agree | Strongly agree | Mean ± SD | Median | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No | % | No | % | No | % | No | % | No | % | |||
I feel confident in what I learned about… | ||||||||||||
Curbing infection spread | 5 | 1.9 | 6 | 2.3 | 62 | 23.3 | 134 | 50.4 | 59 | 22.2 | 3.89 ± 0.84 | 4.0 |
Identifying patients correctly | 2 | 0.8 | 4 | 1.5 | 41 | 15.4 | 136 | 51.1 | 83 | 31.2 | 4.11 ± 0.76 | 4.0 |
Avoiding surgical errors | 6 | 2.3 | 9 | 3.4 | 48 | 18.0 | 146 | 54.9 | 57 | 21.4 | 3.90 ± 0.85 | 4.0 |
Using medicines safely | 4 | 1.5 | 5 | 1.9 | 41 | 15.4 | 139 | 52.3 | 77 | 28.9 | 4.05 ± 0.81 | 4.0 |
Preventing venous thromboembolism | 6 | 2.3 | 6 | 2.3 | 57 | 21.4 | 139 | 52.3 | 58 | 21.8 | 3.89 ± 0.85 | 4.0 |
Customizing hospital discharges | 3 | 1.1 | 15 | 5.6 | 71 | 26.7 | 136 | 51.1 | 41 | 15.4 | 3.74 ± 0.83 | 4.0 |
Using good hospital design principles | 0 | 0.0 | 18 | 6.8 | 66 | 24.8 | 139 | 52.3 | 43 | 16.2 | 3.78 ± 0.80 | 4.0 |
Assembling better teams and rapid response systems | 2 | 0.8 | 14 | 5.3 | 78 | 29.3 | 127 | 47.7 | 45 | 16.9 | 3.75 ± 0.82 | 4.0 |
Sharing data for quality improvement | 0 | 0.0 | 17 | 6.4 | 55 | 20.7 | 128 | 48.1 | 66 | 24.8 | 3.91 ± 0.84 | 4.0 |
Fostering an open-communication culture | 2 | 0.8 | 14 | 5.3 | 57 | 21.4 | 129 | 48.5 | 64 | 24.1 | 3.90 ± 0.85 | 4.0 |
Clinical safety issues total score | Min. – Max | 19.0 – 50.0 | ||||||||||
Mean ± SD | 38.91 ± 5.15 | |||||||||||
Median | 39.0 | |||||||||||