Influencing factors for pediatric nurses' reporting of adverse events

VernacularTitle:影响儿科护士不良事件主动上报的因素分析
Author: Jianjun CHEN ; Lin DUAN ; Guo YU
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Pediatric nurses; Adverse events; Reporting; Influencing factors
From: Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing 2010;26(23):54-56
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To identify the influencing factors for pediatric nursese' reporting of adverse events at 3A hospitals in Beijing. Methods Adopting the random sampling of ten 3A hospitals with pediatric wards in Beijing and conducting an questionnaire survey of some nurses in those hospitals. Results The possibility of adverse events reporting increased with the awareness of adverse events which was related with their severity. Except for title, educational background, length of service, position and past experiences were not associated with the barriers. The major perceived barrier was fear of colleague relationship brokenup and some other undesirable consequence. Conclusions Better training of awareness of adverse events and changes of the punitive culture by the roots as well as some regulation or policy were the major solutions to improve incident reporting.