PRACTICE ENVIRONMENT AND PATIENT SAFETY IN THE OPERATING ROOM: PREDICTIVE DIMENSIONS

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v26i0.82289

Keywords:

Working Environment, Patient safety, Operating Rooms, Perioperative Nursing, Perioperative Care

Abstract

Objectives: to identify the practice environment perceived by perioperative nurses and determine the dimensions of the practice environment that predict patient safety. Method: descriptive and explanatory study, in a sample of 1,001 nurses from 24 Portuguese hospitals (January to October 2018), using the Patient Safety in the Operating Room questionnaire and the Portuguese version of the Practice Environment Scale - Work Nursing Index. Use of descriptive analysis, Cronbach’s alpha and stepwise method in the analysis of the linear regression model. Results: the global average (M=2.49) of the practice environment indicates its classification as unfavorable. Regression models reveal that all dimensions of the environment are predictors of patient safety in the operating room, highlighting the dimension “Nursing fundamentals for quality of care”. Conclusion: this study highlighted the influence of the practice environment on patient safety in the perioperative context and the need to introduce improvements.

Author Biographies

Ana Sofia de Carvalho Mota, Universidade do Porto, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Porto, Portugal Unidade de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde: Enfermagem (UICISA: E), Escola Superior de Enfermagem de Coimbra (ESEnfC), Coimbra, Portugal Centro Cirúrgico de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

Enfermeira Gestora do Bloco Operatório e Unidade de Reprocessamento de Dispositivos Médicos

Doutoranda em Ciências de Enfermagem, no Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar na Universidade do Porto

Assistente convidade na Escola Superior de Enfermagem de Coimbra

Pós-graduada em Economia e Gestão em Organizações de Saúde, pela Faculdade de Economia da Universidade de Coimbra

Mestre em Enfermagem Médico-Cirúrgica

Enfermeira Especialista em Enfermagem Médico-Cirúrgica

Pós-graduada em Enfermagem de Anestesiologia, pelo Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar na Universidade do Porto

Amélia Filomena Oliveira Mendes Castilho, Escola Superior de Enfermagem de Coimbra

Professora Adjunta na Escola Superior de Enfermagem de Coimbra

Maria Manuela Ferreira Pereira Martins, Escola Superior de Enfermagem do Porto

Professora Coordenadora na Escola Superior de Enfermagem do Porto

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Published

2021-12-03

How to Cite

Mota, A. S. de C., Castilho, A. F. O. M., & Martins, M. M. F. P. (2021). PRACTICE ENVIRONMENT AND PATIENT SAFETY IN THE OPERATING ROOM: PREDICTIVE DIMENSIONS. Cogitare Enfermagem, 26. https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v26i0.82289

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Vol. 26 (2021)

Section

Research

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