The Implementation of Patient Safety by Nurses at Inpatient Rooms of Community Health Centers

Srimawati, Srimawati, Hajjul Kamil, Hajjul Kamil, Marthoenis, Endang Mutiawati R, Teuku Tahlil, Teuku Tahlil

2018

Abstract

The issue of patient safety has become a global issue since the Institute of Medicine (IOM) in the United States published a paper titled “to Err Is Human: Building A Safer Health System.” However, the issue of patient safety at the community health centers (hereinafter-termed puskesmas) is not as dynamic as that of the hospital level. The aspect of clinical quality and patient safety in puskesmas is only recently implemented in Indonesia.This study aimed to identify the implementation of patient safety by the nurses in the inpatient rooms of two Puskesmas in Aceh. This comparative study employed the cross-sectional design. All nurses at Puskesmas Pidie and Pidie Jaya, 65 nurses and 40 nurses respectively, involved in the study. Using the independent t-test, the results show that there were no differences in the implementation of patient safety (p = 0.322), patient identification (p=0.238), correct drug administration (p=0.889), absence of errors in medical and nursing procedures (p=0.421), and infection prevention (p=0.388) in the two puskesmas. Only in the prevention of patients from being injured was a difference observed (p=0.048). It is necessary that the nurses improve their knowledge, skill, and motivation toward patient safety to increase medical services at the Puskesmas.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Srimawati., Kamil H., Marthoenis., Mutiawati R E. and Tahlil T. (2018). The Implementation of Patient Safety by Nurses at Inpatient Rooms of Community Health Centers. In Proceedings of the Aceh International Nursing Conference - Volume 1: AINC, ISBN 978-989-758-413-8, pages 136-140. DOI: 10.5220/0008395500002442

in Bibtex Style

@conference{ainc18,
author={Srimawati and Hajjul Kamil and Marthoenis and Endang Mutiawati R and Teuku Tahlil},
title={The Implementation of Patient Safety by Nurses at Inpatient Rooms of Community Health Centers},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Aceh International Nursing Conference - Volume 1: AINC,},
year={2018},
pages={136-140},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0008395500002442},
isbn={978-989-758-413-8},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the Aceh International Nursing Conference - Volume 1: AINC,
TI - The Implementation of Patient Safety by Nurses at Inpatient Rooms of Community Health Centers
SN - 978-989-758-413-8
AU - Srimawati.
AU - Kamil H.
AU - Marthoenis.
AU - Mutiawati R E.
AU - Tahlil T.
PY - 2018
SP - 136
EP - 140
DO - 10.5220/0008395500002442