Attitude of nurses and predisposition to occurrence of adverse events in intensive care units

Lobão, William; Menezes, Igor Gomes

Abstract

Objective: to evaluate the attitudes of nurses towards conditions that may predispose to the occurrence of adverse events in the ICU. Method: exploratory, analytical, descriptive, cross-sectional study with quantitative approach performed in six high complexity ICUs of general and teaching hospitals using a convenience sample of 128 nurses. Results: nearly 48% of participants had low perception of risk factors that could predispose to the occurrence of adverse events. There was a significant difference in the attitude of nurses working in public and philanthropic organizations (p

Citation

Lobão, W., & Menezes, I. G. (2017). Attitude of nurses and predisposition to occurrence of adverse events in intensive care units. Journal of Nursing UFPE on line, 11(5), 1971-1979. https://doi.org/10.5205/1981-8963-v11i5a23350p1971-1979-2017

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Apr 7, 2016
• Publication Date: 2017
• Deposit Date: Jun 24, 2019
• Publicly Available Date: Jun 25, 2019
• Journal: Journal of Nursing UFPE on line
• Publisher: Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 11
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 1971-1979
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.5205/1981-8963-v11i5a23350p1971-1979-2017
• Keywords: Patient safety; Nursing care; Intensive care units; Adverse events; Attitude
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/2004545
• Publisher URL: https://periodicos.ufpe.br/revistas/revistaenfermagem/article/view/23350