A study on the effectiveness of safety education in nursing

本研究的目的在于对新入职护士实施与安全相关的人为因素教育，并阐明教育的有效性。对63名新入职护士进行了调查。其中29名护士被分配到训练组（接受安全教育），34名护士被分配到对照组（不接受安全教育）。受训组接受两小时的安全教育，目的是了解人为因素，每周一次，共三次。在安全教育前后分别进行相同的问卷调查，通过对比前后的结果来评价教育的有效性。同样的问卷在教育结束三个月后进行，以检验教育效果的可持续性。本研究结果显示，以人为因素为主的安全教育，导致受训人员安全意识与态度的改变。进一步证实了安全意识和态度的提高是可持续的。然而，由于教育时间短，教育内容复杂，教育效果并不充分。未来的任务包括持续实施系统的安全教育和评估其有效性。

The purposes of this study are to implement education focused on human factors related to safety for newly employed nurses and to clarify the effectiveness of such education.Sixty-three newly employed nurses were surveyed. Of those nurses, 29 were assigned to the trained group (to receive safety education), and 34, to the control group (not to receive safety education). The trained group received two-hour safety education for the purpose of understanding human factors once a week, over a total of thee sessions.The same questionnaire was implemented before and after the safety education, and the effectiveness of education was evaluated by comparing the before and after results. The same questionnaire was implemented three months after the education to examine the sustainability of the effect of education.The results of this study suggest that safety education focused on human factors causes changes in awareness of and attitude toward safety of trainees. Furthermore, it was confirmed that the improved awareness of and attitude toward safety are sustainable. However, sufficient effect of education was not obtained due to the short period of education and complexity of the contents of education. Future tasks include continuously implementing systematic safety education and evaluation of its effectiveness.