Journal of Community and Social Health Nursing

Perceptions of Patient Safety Culture among Nurses at Tertiary Level Hospitals in Bangladesh

2024-05-09T07:03:58+00:00

Background: Patient safety culture is recognized as an essential component of health care quality. Nurses are significant in-patient safety culture to achieve and sustain health care quality. Objective: This study aimed to assess perceptions of patient safety culture among nurses at tertiary-level hospitals in Bangladesh. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) among 112 nurses using the convenience sampling technique. Data were collected from February 2023 to March 2023 using a self-administered structured (HSOPSC) questionnaire. The questionnaires included two parts: (1) the socio-demographic questionnaire and (2) the hospital survey on patient safety culture (HSOPSC). Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics, including frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation, t-test, and ANOVA. Results: The study findings revealed that the majority (79.5%) of the nurses had a medium level of perception of patient safety culture. There were statistically significant differences in nurses' perceptions of patient safety culture among nurses in their current work unit (F = 10.57, p =.000). Conclusion: Nurses perceived a moderate patient safety culture. The findings suggest that increasing perceptions of patient safety culture improves the quality of care. The study findings also provide significant information for policymakers and healthcare administrators to develop strategies to improve patient safety culture.

Nutritional Assessment of Under Five Years of Age Child in Al-Najaf City

2024-05-18T05:34:02+00:00

Since a single measurement cannot determine a person's nutritional status, nutritional assessment consists of multiple components. Anthropometry, body habitus/composition, food intake, and gastrointestinal function are crucial factors. The objective is to identify undernutrition and obesity and to offer an objective evaluation of nutritional status. Malnutrition and obesity are defined by weight for height or weight for age limits, according to the WHO and other authors. Design of the Study: the descriptive (cross-sectional) study design is used throughout the present study to achieve the study's objectives. The study began on 18/10/2022 and continued until 11/5/2023. Study Sample: A probability (disproportional strata sample) study sample of (166) children was included in the current study. Study Setting: The study is conducted in Al-Najaf City, which has PHC centres from both the northern (Al-Jawad, Al-Askari, and Al-Karama) and southern care sectors (Al-Ansar, Al-Adala, and 15 Shaaban). Results: Study results presented that there is a non-significant association (P>0.05) between the overall Assessment of children's nutritional and health status and their demographic data, except (birth weight, first feeding, and child weight) in which there was a significant association (P<0.05) with children' their nutritional and health status. Conclusion: The study concludes that the overall Assessment of children's nutritional and health status has an essential effect on birth weight, first feeding and current child weight.