• 1. Nursing Department, Affiliated Yijishan Hospital of Wannan Medical College, Wuhu 241001, China;
  • 2. School of Nursing, Wannan Medical College, Wuhu 241002, China;
  • 3. Chinese Evidence-Based Medicine Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China;
HESheng-hong, Email: hesh200451@163.com; ZHANGMing-ming, Email: mingming-zhang@163.com
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Objective To investigate and analyze the knowledge, skills and attitudes of nursing students to patient safety before and after internship so as to provide evidence for implementation of patient safety curriculum in nursing students. Methods Undergraduate nursing students before and after internship in nursing school of Wannan Medical College were recruited. The questionnaire method was performed to investigate the knowledge, attitudes and skills of patient safety before and after the internship. The data were input using EpiData 3.0 software and were analyzed by SPSS 13.0. Results A total of 451 questionnaires were distributed before the internship and of which 435 nursing students completed the survey (96.45%), 418 questionnaires were distributed after the internship, of which 412 (98.56%) nursing students completed the survey. There were significant higher scores in female nursing students after the internship in the items of 'Knowledge about medical errors' and 'What am I supposed to do when medical errors occur' (P=0.000 and 0.000, respectively), while lower scores of the items of 'Feelings about making errors' and 'Your intentions regarding patient safety' (P=0.002 and 0.006, respectively). Only the score of the item 'What am I supposed to do when medical errors occur' was significantly higher in male nursing students after the internship (P=0.046). Conclusion The internship is useful for improving experiencing practice, knowledge on patient safety, reduce the negative feelings about making errors.

Citation: HESheng-hong, LIYuan-zhen, LVJian-ping, JIAPeng-li, ZHANGMing-ming. Influence of Internship on Nursing Students' Knowledge of Patient Safety: A Questionnaire Survey. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2014, 14(4): 424-426. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.20140074 Copy

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