THE EFFECT OF SELF-LEARNING PACKAGE RELATED TO PATIENT SAFETY GOALS ON NEW GRADUATE NURSES' PERFORMANCE

Abstract

Background: The International Patient Safety Goals (IPSGs) are used to improve the quality of care. New graduate Nurses' proper understanding of patient safety is essential ingraining this concept.

Aim: The aim of this study was to assess the effect of a self-learning package related to patient safety goals on new graduate Nurses' performance.

Material and Methods: The study was conducted at Zagazig University Hospitals using a quasi-experimental design with pre-post assessment on 220 new graduate Nurses'. The data collection tools were patient safety knowledge questionnaire and an observation checklist for new graduate Nurses' safety performance. A self-learning package was prepared and distributed to new graduate Nurses'. Its impact was evaluated after three months.

Results: The new graduate Nurses' median age was 23.0 years, with most females (67.3%). Before the intervention, 40.0%had satisfactory knowledge, which rose to 100.0% at the post-intervention phase and declined to 94.5% at the follow-up phase (p<0.001). Overall, 50.0% had total adequate performance of IPSGs, which increased to 96.4% in the post-intervention phase, and slightly declined to 93.6% at the follow-up phase (p<0.001). Significant positive correlations were revealed among knowledge and performance scores. The study intervention was a statistically significant independent positive predictor of all scores.

Conclusion and recommendations: The application of the developed self-learning package is effective in improving new graduate nurse's knowledge and performance of patient safety goals.