Nurses’ Attitudes and Motivation in Compliance With Standard Operating Procedures of Blood Transfusion at Yogyakarta Islamic Hospital PDHI

Abstract

The implementation of correct patient identification is a fundamental aspect of the prevention of patient safety incidents. There is a high risk of unexpected events and even death when the patient identification is not carried out. Some factors may affect the nurses' compliance in the implementation of blood transfusion standard operating procedures (SOP), such as individual, physiological, and psychological factors. The psychological factors may include attitudes and motivation. This study aimed to determine the correlation between nurses' attitudes and motivation, and the compliance in the implementation of blood transfusion SOP at Yogyakarta Islamic Hospital PDHI. This study was quantitative correlational research with a cross-sectional design. The samples were 82 nurses who were recruited using a total sampling technique. The data were analyzed using univariate and bivariate analyses. The results showed that the respondents were early adults and married. A majority of them were females and hold Diploma III education in nursing. The mean of working experience of the respondents was 3.06 years. There was a correlation between nurses' attitudes and motivation and compliance with the implementation of SOP for blood transfusion.