Hemşirelerin Yaşam Bulgularını İzleme ve Hasta Güvenliği Tutumları Arasındaki İlişki: Kesitsel Bir Çalışma

Year 2025, Volume: 8 Issue: 1, 165 - 173, 05.04.2025

Aysel Özsaban , Nuray Turan , Yasemin Kıyak , Ayşen Karabacak , Gözde Ataş , Gizem Öner , Türkinaz Aştı

https://doi.org/10.38108/ouhcd.1405925

Abstract

Amaç: Bu araştırmanın amacı hemşirelerin yaşam bulgularını izleme ve hasta güvenliği tutumları arasındaki ilişkinin incelenmesidir.
Yöntem: Tanımlayıcı, ilişki arayıcı ve kesitsel tipteki çalışma, Türkiye’de bir üniversite hastanesinde yürütülmüştür. Çalışmanın evreni 390 hemşire olup, araştırmaya güç analizi ile en az 206 hemşirenin dahil edilmesi planlanmıştır. Çalışma 218 hemşire ile Haziran 2020- Mayıs 2021 tarihleri arasında yürütülmüştür. Veriler, Hemşire Bilgi Formu, Yaşam Bulguları Ölçeği ve Hasta Güvenliği Tutum Ölçeği kullanılarak, basılı veri toplama formları ile toplanmıştır.
Bulgular: Hemşirelerin Yaşam Bulguları Ölçeği puan ortalaması 59.51±8,89, Hasta Güvenliği Tutum Ölçeği puan ortalaması 169.89±27.46 olarak belirlenmiştir. Hemşirelerin Yaşam Bulguları Ölçeği ve Hasta Güvenliği Tutum Ölçeği ortalama puanları arasında pozitif yönde, düşük düzeyde anlamlı ilişki olduğu saptanmıştır (r=0.248, p<0.001). Lineer regresyon analizi sonuçlarına göre son bir yıl içinde hasta güvenliği eğitimi alma ve Hasta Güvenliği Tutum Ölçeği “güvenlik iklimi” ve “stresi tanımlama” alt boyut puanlarının Yaşam Bulguları Ölçeği toplam puanlarını anlamlı derecede etkilediği belirlenmiştir (p=0.022, p=0.032, p=0.002, sırasıyla).
Sonuç: Bu çalışmada hemşirelerin yaşam bulgularını izleme ve hasta güvenliği tutumları ortalamanın üzerinde ve bu tutum puanları arasında istatistiksel olarak anlamlı bir ilişki bulunmuştur.

Keywords

hasta güvenliği, hasta izlemi, hemşirelik tanılaması, yaşam bulguları

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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