Effect of Self-learning Package on Nurses’ Performance Regarding Patient Safety in Operating Room

Abstract

Background: Improving nurses' performance regarding patient safety is very essential that may be achieved through developing standards of intraoperative nursing interventions and increasing nurses' awareness regarding their vital role in saving patient life through safe practice. Aim: This study aimed to evaluate the effect of self-learning package on nurses’ performance regarding patient safety in operating room Design: A quasi-experimental design study (pre/post approach) was utilized to meet the aim of the study. Setting: the study was carried out in the general operating rooms at Zagazig university hospital. The sample of the study: A convenient sample of (40) nurses who are working in the previous mentioned setting. Tools for Data collection: Tool (I) Nurses’ Self-administered Questionnaire: it was concerned with assessment demographic data of the studied nurses and their knowledge regarding patient safety in operating room. Tool (II) Nurses’ observational Checklist: It was concerned with assessment of nurses’ level of practice regarding patient safety in operating room Tool (III) An attitude scale for nurses: It was concerned with assessment of nurses' attitude regarding patient safety in operating room. Results: there were highly statistically significant improvements regarding nurses' level of knowledge, and practice in post and follow up phase as compared to pre phase of self -learning package implementation at (P<0.001**), there was highly statistically significant improvement regarding nurses' level of attitude between pre/post phases at (P<0.001**), and there was a statistically significant improvement between pre/follow up phases of self -learning package implementation at (P ≤ 0. 05*). Conclusion: the self -learning package had positive effect on the studied nurses regarding patient safety in operating room with highly statistically significant improvements regarding nurses' level of knowledge, and practice throughout three phases (pre/post and follow-up) of self –learning package implementation, there was highly statistically significant improvement regarding nurses' level of attitude between pre/post phases, and there was a statistically significant improvement between pre/follow up phases of self -learning package implementation. Recommendations: Provision of studying self -learning package in the operating room to promote patient safety and enforce self- learning education.