Patient Safety is a process of structured activities ensuring safety culture and behaviors of the health care system which would appropriately minimize the risk, prevent any avoidable patient harm and error in patient care and reduce its impact even if it occurs. The purpose of the current study was to evaluate the effectiveness of Information Booklet on Knowledge and Attitude regarding International Patient Safety Goals (IPSGs) among Nursing Students in selected Nursing Institutes of Kamrup, Assam. In this study, Quasi-experimental research method was employed to achieve the research objectives. Total of 210 final year nursing students were chosen using simple random sampling. The data collection tools included demographic proforma, Structured knowledge questionnaire and 5-points Likert scale. The findings indicated that the calculated paired “t” test value of t=20.058 for pre-test and post-test level of knowledge was statistically significant at p<0.0001. Similarly, for attitude, the calculated paired “t” test value of t=13.967 was statistically significant at p<0.001. The calculated Karl Pearson’s Correlation value of r = 0.133 does not reveal any statistically significant correlation between knowledge and attitude. The pre-test level of knowledge showed statistically significant association with educational level of the student and previous information related to IPSGs. None of the demographic variables showed any statistically significant association with pre-test level of attitude. Majority of the nursing students exhibited inadequate knowledge but had moderately desirable attitudes towards IPSGs that were enhanced after the administration of Information Booklet. The study recommends conducting continuous training programs on patient safety among nursing students and implementing the IPSGs in practice.
Borah et al. (Thu,) studied this question.