A cultura de segurança do paciente sob a ótica da equipe de enfermagem no período perioperatório

Abstract

The safety culture of the patient, even with the advancement of technology, is fundamentally important for nursing to be ethical and quality, reducing adverse events. This study aimed to evaluate the safety culture of the patient from the point of view of the nursing team in the perioperative period. It is a quantitative, descriptive and cross-sectional study. Data collection was performed after acceptance of the Research Ethics Committee number 66845417.5.0000.5013 from June to August 2017. The Safety Attitudes Questionnaire (SAQ) -Short Form 2006 was applied. After collection the data were processed and the analysis was performed by anova statistical test and Tukey for the training time and the Student t test for the other variables. The research counted on 77 professionals of the nursing team that work in the services of surgical hospitalization and surgical center of a teaching institution, located in the northeast of Brazil. The results showed that the perception of the professionals' safety climate varied according to gender, training time, sector of activity, level of education and occupation position. The final score obtained in the questionnaire was lower than 75 demonstrating a low perception of safety culture among the nursing professionals surveyed. There was a statistically significant difference between the perception of safety culture between genders and level of education. However, the field of Job Satisfaction presented values above 75 in all positions, and the nurse manager was the professional category that presented the highest score in this field considering the final positive value, ie, that there is satisfaction in the climate of safety at work . It is concluded that the need for actions to strengthen the safety culture of the patient considering the complexity of the assistance provided in the perioperative period.