A training program about international patient safety goals for nurses at primary health care settings
Salwa Nasser Fahim, Afaf Salah Abdelmohsen and Amany Mohamed Saad
Background: Patient safety is a major public health concern and one of the priorities in the healthcare system. Nurses play a vital role in enhancing quality of care and safety improvement.
Aim: The current study aimed to explore the effect of a training program about international patient safety goals for nurses at primary health care settings.
Subjects and Methods: A convenience sample of nurses were included 130. Two tools were used before and after implementing a training program.
Results: More than four fifths of the studied nurses had satisfactory knowledge regarding patient safety goals after a training program. More than four fifths of the studied staff nurses had competent level of practices after implementation of a training program. There was a highly statistically significant positive correlation between the studied nurses’ total level of knowledge and practices regarding international patient safety goals.
Conclusion: A training program for nurses was effective and improved their level of knowledge and practices regarding international patient safety goals.
Recommendations: It is necessary to implement patient safety programs in different governorates to improve nurses’ patient safety performance.
Salwa Nasser Fahim, Afaf Salah Abdelmohsen, Amany Mohamed Saad. A training program about international patient safety goals for nurses at primary health care settings. Int J Adv Res Nurs 2025;8(1):445-451. DOI: 10.33545/nursing.2025.v8.i1.F.492
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