Factors Influencing Safe Patient Care Provided by Nurses in the Intensive Care Unit at Al-Hillah Teaching Hospitals
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Background: An intensive care unit (ICU) is a stressful environment due to high patient mortality and morbidity, daily confrontations with ethical dilemmas, and a tension-charged atmosphere The ICU is an especially complex and difficult work environment for critical care nurses. Objective of this study: This study aimed to assess patient-safety principles in ICUs and determine the factors, which influence the safe patient care.
Methods: A quantitative study – descriptive design was applied to the study selected to carry out the study directed to Factors influencing safe patient care provided by nurses in the Intensive Care Unit at Al-Hillah Teaching Hospitals from the period between (11/10/2023 – 15/4 /2024).
Results: Distribution show related to nurses’ knowledge of the tools used in providing Factors influencing safe patient care provided by nurses in the Intensive Care Unit at Al-Hillah Teaching Hospitals related shows that there is significant The relationship between factors affect the Nurses' care at critical care unit and demographical characteristics related to (educational level, years of experience, Years of experience in ICU and Nursing care direction).
Conclusions & Recommendations: Factors which influence the safe patient care provided by nurses, in addition that the personal background information about factor effect related to safe patient care consider one of more problems which daily confronted nurses in the ICU. The organization should be alluded to the factors influencing the safe patient care provided by nurses in (ICU).
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