A study on the effectiveness of safety education in nursing

本研究的目的是实施教育的重点是人为因素有关的安全，新聘用的护士，并阐明这种教育的有效性。其中29名护士被分配到培训组（接受安全教育），34名护士被分配到对照组（不接受安全教育）。培训组每周接受1次2小时的安全教育，共3次，教育前后采用相同的问卷调查，通过比较教育前后的结果评价教育效果。在教育后3个月实施了相同的问卷调查，以检查教育效果的可持续性。本研究的结果表明，安全教育侧重于人为因素引起的变化，对学员的安全意识和态度。此外，还证实了安全意识和态度的提高是可持续的。但由于教育时间短、教育内容复杂，教育效果不明显。今后的任务包括继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.