NURSES AND PATIENT SAFETY IN HOSPITAL PRACTICE

Abstract

Study of qualitative nature, with the aimof analyzing nurses’ knowledge on patient safety in the hospital environment.Field research was conducted in October 2015 at a general hospital in the south of the state of Minas Gerais, by means of semi-structured interviews with 43 nurses.The data were analyzed with the use ofBardin’scontent analysis method, identifying two categories:nurses’ knowledge on patient safety in hospital practice and patient safety in nursing practice:strengths/strategies and weaknesses/difficulties.The results pointed that nurses have knowledge on patient safety based on the World Health Organization and the Patient Safety National Program, and they demonstrated concern for aligning work processes and improving safety culture in health services.

Keywords

• Nurses
• Knowledge Bases
• Nursing Care
• Patient Safety
• Hospitals