Competencia de Enfermería en la Identificación Inequívoca de los Pacientes de un Hospital Universitario
- César Carrillo-García
- Pablo Noguera-Villaescusa
- María Carmen García-Moñino
- María Carmen Vivo-Molina
- Rocio Martínez-Hurtado
- María Dolores Flores-Bienert
ISSN: 1697-218X
Year of publication: 2016
Issue: 80
Type: Article
More publications in: NURE investigación: Revista Científica de enfermería
Abstract
Objectives. The objective was to evaluate the correct unambiguous identification of patients in a University Hospital. The research design is presented as quantitative and transverse. The study population included all patients located in the Emergency Department and the Intensive Care Unit in the study period. The data collection instrument is a homemade template to record the correct identification or not. Data collection was conducted in the second half of 2014. Data analy-sis was performed using SPSS (v.19) statistical program. Results. The results of the study make it clear that the total number of patients evaluated, 75.5% were correctly identified, while the remaining 24.5% were not correctly identified. Per service, the percentage of patients was identified in Emergency Boxes 86%, in Emergency Observation and 89.3% in the Intensive Care Unit 29.5%.Identification policies must ensure affiliation of patients by universal unambiguous implementation methods. The desi-rability of establishing a cycle of improvement especially in the Intensive Care Unit to educate both professionals and supervisors in the culture of patient safety, which prevent associated errors, thereby improving patient safety and the-refore an improvement in the quality of health care