Relationship Between Nurses’ Vital Signs Monitoring and Patient Safety Attitudes: A Cross-sectional Study
Abstract
Objective: This study aimed to investigate the relationship between nurses' attitudes toward monitoring vital signs and patient safety.
Methods: This descriptive, correlational, cross-sectional study was conducted at a university hospital in Turkey. The population of the study was 390 nurses, and it was planned to include at least 206 nurses in the study with power analysis. The study was completed with 218 nurses between June 2020 and May 2021. The data were collected using tools like the Nurse Information Form, V-Scale Instrument, and Patient Safety Attitude Questionnaire.
Results: Nurses’ V-Scale total mean score was 59.51±8.89, and the Patient Safety Attitude Questionnaire total mean score was 169.89±27.46 in this study. A positive, low-level significant correlation existed between the nurses’ V-Scale and SAQ total scores (r=0.248, p<0.001). According to the results of linear regression analysis, receiving patient safety training in the current year and Patient Safety Attitude Questionnaire “safety climate” and “stress recognition” sub-dimension scores significantly affected V-Scale total scores (p=0.022, p=0.032, p=0.002, respectively).
Conclusions: In this study, nurses’ vital signs monitoring and patient safety attitudes were above average, and there was a statistically significant correlation between these attitude scores.
Keywords: Nursing assessment, patient monitoring, patient safety, vital signs
Keywords
nursing assessment, patient monitoring, patient safety, vital signs
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