The Attitude of Patient Safety and Patient Safety Management Activity in Nursing Students

Analysis of Factors Affecting Dental Hygiene Students’ Attitudes toward Patient Safety and Performing Confidence

“…The correlation between dental hygiene students' attitudes toward patient safety and their performing confidence was analyzed and a statistically significant correlation was found between the two. This was similar to the result drawn by Huh and Kang 14) , as well as Jeong et al 9) . Factors that affect it were analyzed to ascertain that performing confidence for patient safety is higher when the attitude toward patient safety is greater, while greater performing confidence forms a more desirable attitude toward patient safety.…”

“…The total attitude score was 3.48 points out of 5. When the score was compared with nursing major students' attitudes toward patient safety, the score of dental hygiene students was slightly lower than the 3.77 points of nursing students 2) and another study that recorded 3.68 points for nursing students 14) . Among the questions about attitude toward patients' safety, the score for the question "occurrence of a medical error at healthcare and medical sites is inevitable" was 3.01; the score for the question "skilled medical practitioners do not commit medical errors that harm patients" was 2.92; the score for the question "the system of reporting medical errors itself does not reduce future occurrence of medical errors" was 2.95; and the score for the question "an effective response to medical errors is to put focus on related medical practitioners" was 2.86, which were the lowest scores.…”

“…In addition, the survey result on the experience of patient safety education among those who work at clinic-level medical institutions found that those who work at dental clinics have less experience of receiving patient safety education 5) . On the contrary, although the study subjects and researchers were different for a study on nursing students, the percentage of nursing major students who have received patient safety education has increased continuously from 56.3% in 2014 2) , to 88.8% in 2015 14) , and then to 79.4% in 2017 15) . Another study that reviewed the method and content of patient safety education included in the curriculum for healthcare and medical-related departments of colleges in and out of the country demonstrated that such education programs reinforce students' knowledge, attitudes, and techniques in the fields of nursing, pharmacy, and medicine, but no such research has been conducted on dental college students 4) .…”

“…So far, regarding dental patients' safety, studies on the patient safety culture perception of those who work for dental clinics 7,8) or dental hygienists [9][10][11] have been conducted. In addition, studies about medical practitioners' attitudes toward patient safety or their performance capabilities have mostly been conducted on registered nurses 12,13) or nursing college students 2,14,15) . However, there have only been a few studies on dental hygiene students' attitudes toward patient safety and their performing confidence in Korea, and so more studies on this subject need to be conducted.…”

Knowledge, attitude, practice and associated factors towards patient safety among nurses working at Asella Referral and Teaching Hospital, Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study

“…The study found that there was a positive correlation between the attitude of patient safety and patient safety management activities [14]. The major test in moving toward a safer healthcare system is patient safety culture, which is the prevention of danger to the patients.…”