A study to assess the awareness, self- perceived reporting practices and barriers on patient safety incident reporting among staff nurses working in selected hospitals in Hyderabad

Abstract

In addition to endangering patient safety, the ongoing occurrence of clinical incidents, errors, avoidable adverse events, and hazards raises patient burden, expenses, and length of stay, all of which may contribute to higher patient mortality. The purpose of this study was to evaluate staff nurses' awareness, self-perceived reporting behaviors, and obstacles regarding patient safety incident reporting. A descriptive non-experimental design was employed with 240 nurses in a few Hyderabad hospitals. A checklist was used to gauge awareness of incident reporting, and a Likert scale was used to Knowledge of how to report incidents With a mean score of 9.3 (SD = 4.5), the knowledge of incident reporting scores were remarkably high, accounting for 90.4% of the maximum score. With a mean score of 4.23, nurses rated their existing reporting methods as modest. Among the main obstacles to reporting were worries about disciplinary action, blame, avoiding difficulty, and not submitting a report. The kind of hospital was associated with statistically significant differences in the mean for total awareness of the incident reporting system scores (p <.005*). The kind of hospital was associated with statistically significant differences in the mean for total awareness of the incident reporting system scores (p <.005*). There were statistically significant variations in the self-perceived reporting practices of nurses employed in recognized hospitals (t = 0.73, p <.005).The study allowed the researcher to evaluate staff nurses' awareness, self-perceived reporting behaviors, and impediments regarding patient safety event reporting at a few Hyderabad hospitals.