Abstract :
Background: The International Patient Safety Goals are used to improve the quality of care and patient outcomes. Aim: The aim of this study to assess the effect of national patient safety goals application on nurses’ performance and patient's outcomes. Subjects and Methods: Research Design: A quasi-experimental design had used to achieve the aims of the study. Setting: This study was conducted at The Academy of chest and Heart Surgery affiliated from Ain Shams University hospital. Subjects: A convenient sample of sixty nursing staff and 120 patient divided into two group from the previous mentioned setting. Tools of data collection: I: self-administer questionnaire, II: Nurses Observational checklist, III: Hospital staff Patient Safety attitude and culture. Results: More than three quarters of the studied nursing staff were between the age group of (18-35). Regarding gender more than half of the studied nurses were male. Total level of knowledge was one third pre and improved more than four fifth post implementation of intervention, and two fifth of nurses had total satisfactory level of practice pre implementation of educational program and more than three quarters of them had total satisfactory level of practice post implementation. Three quarters of nurses revealed negative attitude and impression regarding patient safety culture, while one quarter of them had positive attitude and impression regarding patient safety culture. Significant positive correlations were revealed among knowledge, satisfaction, and practice scores. Conclusion: The study intervention was a statistically significant independent positive predictor of all three scores and improved patient outcomes post implementation of educational program. Recommendations: The hospital administration should encourage the application of International Patient safety goal procedures to improve nurse's safety performance.
