Evidenced Based Practice and Applied Nursing Research Task 01

Task 1
Evidenced Based Practice and Applied Nursing Research
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3RD NOVEMBER 2018
Evidence Table
A1QuantitativeArticle:(IndicateprimaryevidencechosenwithanAPAcitation)
Soh, Sze-Ee,B.Sc(Physio), PhD., Morello, Renata, BPhysio,M.P.H., PhD., Rifat, Sheral,B.Sc, P.G.Dip, Brand, Caroline, MBBS, FRACP,B.A., M.P.H., & Barker, Anna, BPhysio,M.Physio(Geriatrics), Ph.D. (2018). Nurse perceptions of safety climate in Australian acute hospitals: A cross-sectional survey. Australian Health Review, 42(2), 203-209. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/AH16172

BackgroundorIntroduction

Healthcare providers face insurmountable challenges in their endeavor to provide high-quality patient care and safety. These challenges include the management of hospital accidents and adverse incidences that are linked to an unprecedented rise in hospital budgets. A culture of patient safety can play a critical role in ensuring that hospitals provide safe patient care environments. The research literature suggests that healthcare providers with a higher level of safety usually report a decline in adverse incidence levels and other preventable complications. Therefore a culture of patient safety is essential toward the attainment of improved healthcare quality and patient safety.

ReviewoftheLiterature

The study lacks a literature review section; even though the researchers have reviewed similar previous studies under the introduction and methodology sections. The literature review has explored the different aspects of patient safety culture and has used different types of questionnaire designs as used in previous similar studies such as the patient safety climate questionnaire. Furthermore, it explored other types of questionnaires that have been used in similar studies such as the Safety Attitudes Questionnaire (SAQ), Patient Safety Climate in Healthcare Organizations Scale among others. Moreover, it has established that the use of different questionnaires limits the researcher’s ability to compare the research findings due to inherent variations across the different studies. Furthermore, it established SAQ Short Form to be the most commonly used safety climate questionnaire. A knowledge gap was identified since there is a dearth of literature on the perceptions of safety climate in the Australian healthcare sector. Nevertheless, the existing literature suggests that healthcare providers with a higher level of safety climate report a significant decline in adverse incidence levels such as errors and patient falls.

DiscussionofMethodology

A cross-sectional study approach was used where 24 acute care nurses were sampled from both medical and surgical wards that were randomly picked from six healthcare providers in Australia. Also, a clustered randomized clinical trial (RCT) was used to determine the adequacy and effectiveness of a nurse-managed adverse incidence mitigation program. A quantitative research design was used where a sample population was analyzed using SAQ questionnaires as a standard measurement criterion. A sample size of N=702 was used where participants were derived from 24 hospital wards. The SAQ short Form was developed from the ICU questi...