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Patient safety education and baccalaureate nursing students' patient safety competency: A cross‐sectional study
Author(s) -
Lee NamJu,
Jang Haena,
Park SuYeon
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
nursing and health sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.563
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1442-2018
pISSN - 1441-0745
DOI - 10.1111/nhs.12237
Subject(s) - coursework , patient safety , curriculum , nursing , medical education , medicine , cross sectional study , competency assessment , nurse education , psychology , pedagogy , health care , pathology , economics , economic growth
This cross‐sectional study examines baccalaureate nursing programs in S outh K orea to determine how and to what extent patient safety education was delivered, and to assess nursing students' patient safety competency. The Q uality and S afety E ducation for N urses ( QSEN ) student evaluation survey and a P atient S afety C ompetency S elf‐Evaluation tool were used. We distributed 234 surveys to senior students in four nursing schools; 206 (88%) students responded to the survey. The majority of students (81.6%) reported that they had received patient safety education during coursework. Patient safety education was delivered primarily by lecture rather than during laboratory or simulation sessions. The degree of coverage of QSEN competency and the students' self‐reported competency in total and attitude scores showed statistical differences among nursing schools. Students' attitude score was significantly higher than skill and knowledge. Our results confirm the need to revise the nursing curriculum and to use various teaching methods to deliver patient safety education more comprehensively and effectively. Furthermore, there is a need to develop an integrated approach to ensuring students' balanced competency.