Relation between Nurses’ Perception of Using Technological Medical Devices and Patient Safety at Intensive Care Units

Background: Due to ongoing research and the advancement of new technology, critical caresettings are experiencing rapid changes in patient demand and the provision of patient care.Aim: To assess relation between nurses' perception of using technological medical devicesand patient safety at intensive care units. Design: correlational research design. Setting: Thisstudy was conducted at Neurological and Surgical Intensive Care at Tanta Main UniversityHospital. Subjects: All nurses (115) who were working within the already specified settingwere included All nurses (115) who working in the previously mentioned setting wereincluded. Tools: Three tools were used in the process of data collecting. Tool I: NursePerception regarding Technological Medical Devices. Tool (II): Patients' Safety Checklistregarding Use of Technological Medical Devices. Tool (III): Nursing Practice ObservationalChecklist regarding Use of Technological Medical Devices. Results: It was revealed thatmost of the nurses had high perception level of the positive aspect of technological devices.On the other hand most of the studied nurse had a low perception level of the negative aspectof technological devices, there was a significant statistical association between totalperception level, total safety level and total practice level respectively were r = 0.693 ,0.000** , r = 0.359 , 0.000** respectively. Conclusion: There were statically significantcorrelation between total perception level and total safety level. Recommendations:Updating the nurse's knowledge and safety practice about positive and negative aspect ofusing technological medical devices in patient care and applying the study on largerprobability sample.