THE NURSES' PATIENT SAFETY KNOWLEDGE LEVEL IN PREVENTING UNEXPECTED EVENTS AT GENERAL HOSPITAL PKU MUHAMMADIYAH MOJOAGUNG

Abstract

A patient safety incident could occur when providing healthcare to patients in a hospital. Health professionals must therefore be knowledgeable about patient safety in hospitals if they are to decrease patient accidents there. In this study, nurses at General Hospital PKU Muhammadiyah Mojoagung will have their level of knowledge about patient safety about preventing unforeseen situations assessed. In this descriptive quantitative research, 56 nurses consisting of 17 men and 39 women. 69.96% (n=39) of the respondents were between the ages of 20 and 29. Of these, 46.43% (n=26) were D3 Nursing graduates with more than a year's worth of work experience. As many as 50% (n=28) had received socialization from training. There were 94.6% good results (n=53) regarding nurses' knowledge. Three indicators, notably those for boosting efficient communication, lowering the risk of transmission connected to health services, and indicators for unforeseen situations, still require improvement. The level of knowledge of nurses has a positive impact on patients, so  the implementation of patient safety will be better so that unexpected events can be avoided in hospitals. This is due to the fact that nurses generally have more than one year of hospital experience and have participated in outreach. Hospitals are able to carry out regular evaluations by carrying out supervision and outreach for patient safety.