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Evaluating Nurses' Perception of Patient Safety Design Features in Intensive Care Units.
- Source :
- Critical Care Nursing Quarterly; Jan-Mar2018, Vol. 41 Issue 1, p10-28, 19p
- Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- A methodological study was conducted to test the validity and reliability of the patient safety (PS) scale developed by Rashid (2007) for evaluating nurses' perception of adult intensive care unit (ICU) design features related to patient safety. Data for the study were collected using a Webbased survey instrument. A link to the survey instrument was posted on theWeb site of American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) for ICU nurses in different US states to participate. A sample of 587 valid responses was divided into 2 halves for cross-validation. The first half of the sample was used for exploratory factor analysis and the second half for confirmatory factor analysis. This method was applied to identify any latent factor structure in the PS scale. Based on the factor analyses, 4 relevant PS subscales--Efficient Work Process, Patient Room, Accessibility and Visibility, and Maintain Sterility--were identified. These PS subscales were used to investigate whether ICU unit characteristics, nurse characteristics, and hospital type affected nurses' perception of ICU design features in relation to patient safety. The study shows that nurses' perception of ICU design features related to patient safety can be influenced by such factors as nurse characteristics and unit characteristics. When using the scales, therefore, the designers can be aware of the influence of these external factors on nurses' perception. It is hoped that the PS subscales evaluating nurses' perception of ICU physical environmental features related to patient safety would help designers and health care personnel make better ICU design choices. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- ANALYSIS of variance
CHI-squared test
CONCEPTUAL structures
CONFIDENCE intervals
STATISTICAL correlation
FACTOR analysis
HOSPITAL patients
HOSPITAL building design & construction
INTENSIVE care nursing
INTENSIVE care units
RESEARCH methodology
MULTIVARIATE analysis
NURSES' attitudes
PATIENT safety
SENSORY perception
PSYCHOMETRICS
RESEARCH evaluation
RESEARCH funding
ROOMS
SURVEYS
PILOT projects
RESEARCH methodology evaluation
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 08879303
- Volume :
- 41
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Supplemental Index
- Journal :
- Critical Care Nursing Quarterly
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 126765019
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1097/CNQ.0000000000000182