Nurses’ Adherence to National General Patient Safety Standards in accordance with The General Authority for Healthcare Accreditation and Regulations in Critical Care Units.

Abstract

Nurses’ adherence to national safety requirements is paramount in healthcare settings.By upholding safety standards, nurses foster a culture of alertness and responsibility, making healthcaresafer for everyone. When nurses follow the national general patient safety standards, they help patientsreceive better care, prevent medical errors, and develop patient-provider confidence. Aim: The study aimedto determine nurses’ adherence to national general patient safety standards set by the General Authority forHealthcare Accreditation and Regulations in Critical Care Units. Settings: The study was conducted atAlexandria Main University Hospital, in all the critical care units of the hospital (N = 10). Subjects: Allnurses with permanent employee status working in critical care units (N = 70) Tool: The GAHAR selfassessmenttool was used to assess nurses’ adherence level to the National General Patient Safety Standards(N = 11) by the National Safety Requirements (NSRs) through the adoption of three user guides, namely theNurses’ Knowledge Self-administered Questionnaire. The National General Patient Safety Standardobservation checklist and the audit checklist. Results: the current study found that 91.43% of the studiednurses fully met the standards, with a mean percentage score of (86.15%). moreover, (84.28%) of the nurseswere found to have met the knowledge adherence level, with a mean score percent of 90.06%, more thanthree quarters (77.14%) of them partially met the level of documentation with a mean score percent=(69.39%), the majority of studied nurses (90.00%) met the adherence level of observed practices regardingthe implementation of national general patient safety standards with a mean percentage score of 87.56%.Also, there was a correlation between the name of the unit where nurses work and the overall level ofadherence to national general patient safety requirements by all nurses, (F = 2.423, P<0.020).Recommendation: Nurses' leadership capabilities should be enhanced through continuous traininginitiatives and workshops, including courses on patient safety standards, proactive supervision, ongoingperformance assessment of nurses, and regular audits. Furthermore, sufficient resources should be allocatedto ensure nurses' adherence to national patient safety standards.