The 4th International Conference on Nursing

Author :

Zulkifli B Pomalango

Affiliation :

School of Nursing, Universitas Brawijaya, Malang, Indonesia

Abstract :

Introduction Identifying the patient safety is an action which should be carried out before administer treatment and therapy in order to provide secure and comfortable feelings for patients. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship of knowledge and nurses’ motivation with the implementation of patient safety identification in emergency unit Aloei Saboe Hospital in Gorontalo. Methods The research design was observational analytic with Cross Sectional as an approach. Population of research was all 33 nurses in emergency at Aloei Saboe Hospital in Gorontalo. The samples were recruited by using purposive sampling technique. Instruments in the study used questionnaires and observation sheets. For research analysis, fisher’s exact test was applied. Results The research result showed that there was a significant relationship between nurses’ knowledge (p value = 0,001), nurses’ motivation (p value = 0,000) and implementation of patient safety identification (P < 0,05; α = 0,05). Conclusions It is indicated that generally patient safety identification was implemented properly. However, it is still necessary to pay attention toward human resource development by carrying out education and training program regarding patient safety, skill and motivation development. Ii also important to provide sufficient facility supporting patient safety program.

Keywords :

Patient Safety; Knowledge; Motivation