Table 5.
Patients’ safety and occurrence of adverse events and unperformed nursing activities.
| Frequency of Occurrence of Adverse Events | Overall Assessment of Patients’ Safety | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Patient Received Wrong Medication at a Wrong Time or in a Wrong Dosage | Low | Medium | High | p |
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | ||
| never | 128 (32.9) | 373 (41.2) | 284 (57.7) | <0.001 |
| rarely | 174 (44.7) | 427 (47.1) | 187 (38.0) | |
| often | 87 (22.4) | 106 (11.7) | 21 (4.3) | |
| Bedsores Occurred after Admission | ||||
| never | 35 (8.9) | 55 (6.1) | 55 (11.2) | <0.001 |
| rarely | 192 (48.9) | 536 (59.4) | 328 (66.8) | |
| often | 166 (42.2) | 311 (34.5) | 108 (22.0) | |
| Patient’s Fall with Injury | ||||
| never | 35 (9.0) | 78 (8.7) | 83 (16.9) | <0.001 |
| rarely | 219 (56.6) | 611 (68.3) | 356 (72.7) | |
| often | 133 (34.4) | 205 (22.9) | 51 (10.4) | |
| Infection Related to Care Occurred-Urinary Tract Infection | ||||
| never | 50 (12.9) | 151 (16.9) | 124 (25.3) | <0.001 |
| rarely | 219 (56.6) | 538 (60.4) | 306 (62.4) | |
| often | 118 (30.5) | 202 (22.7) | 60 (12.2) | |
| Infection Related to Care Occurred-Blood Infection | ||||
| never | 118 (30.6) | 322 (36.5) | 239 (50.2) | <0.001 |
| rarely | 181 (47.0) | 441 (50.0) | 207 (43.5) | |
| often | 86 (22.3) | 119 (13.5) | 30 (6.3) | |
| Infection Related to Care Occurred-Pneumonia | ||||
| never | 58 (15.2) | 162 (18.3) | 132 (27.3) | <0.001 |
| rarely | 210 (55.0) | 545 (61.6) | 297 (61.5) | |
| often | 114 (29.8) | 178 (20.1) | 54 (11.2) | |
| Activities which were not Performed during the most Recent Shift due to Lack of Time | ||||
| According to the Rules of Monitoring a Patient | ||||
| performed | 245 (62.0) | 750 (81.7) | 419 (85.2) | <0.001 |
| unperformed | 150 (38.0) | 168 (18.3) | 73 (14.8) | |
| Skin Care | ||||
| performed | 190 (48.1) | 675 (73.7) | 398 (80.9) | <0.001 |
| unperformed | 205 (51.9) | 241 (26.3) | 94 (19.1) | |
| Oral Hygiene | ||||
| performed | 133 (33.7) | 443 (48.3) | 294 (59.8) | <0.001 |
| unperformed | 262 (66.3) | 475 (51.7) | 198 (40.2) | |
| Pain Alleviation | ||||
| performed | 323 (81.8) | 851 (92.8) | 468 (95.1) | <0.001 |
| unperformed | 72 (18.2) | 66 (7.2) | 24 (4.9) | |
| Calming/Conversation with Patients | ||||
| performed | 152 (38.5) | 517 (56.3) | 330 (67.1) | <0.001 |
| unperformed | 243 (61.5) | 401 (43.7) | 162 (32.9) | |
| Patients’ and their Families’ Education | ||||
| performed | 99 (25.1) | 323 (35.2) | 238 (48.4) | <0.001 |
| unperformed | 296 (74.9) | 595 (64.8) | 254 (51.6) | |
| Treatment and Procedures | ||||
| performed | 332 (84.1) | 854 (93.0) | 476 (96.7) | <0.001 |
| unperformed | 63 (15.9) | 64 (7.0) | 16 (3.3) | |
| Administering Medication on time | ||||
| performed | 258 (65.3) | 731 (79.8) | 420 (85.4) | <0.001 |
| unperformed | 137 (34.7) | 185 (20.2) | 72 (14.6) | |
| Preparation of Patients and their Families for Discharge | ||||
| performed | 221 (55.9) | 614 (66.9) | 365 (74.2) | <0.001 |
| unperformed | 174 (44.1) | 304 (33.1) | 127 (25.8) | |
| Correct Recording of Nursing Care | ||||
| performed | 230 (58.2) | 713 (77.7) | 435 (88.4) | <0.001 |
| unperformed | 165 (41.8) | 205 (22.3) | 57 (11.6) | |
| Creating or Updating Nursing Care Plan/Guidelines for Nursing care | ||||
| performed | 189 (47.8) | 554 (60.3) | 356 (72.4) | <0.001 |
| unperformed | 206 (52.2) | 364 (39.7) | 136 (27.6) | |
| Care Planning | ||||
| performed | 180 (45.6) | 580 (63.2) | 354 (72.0) | <0.001 |
| unperformed | 215 (54.4) | 338 (36.8) | 138 (28.0) | |
| Frequent Change of s Patient’s Position | ||||
| performed | 153 (38.7) | 499 (54.4) | 354 (72.0) | <0.001 |
| unperformed | 242 (61.3) | 419 (45.6) | 138 (28.0) | |
Note: p-value; the results of Chi-square test.