Abstract

AİM: This research was carried out to define applications of midwives and nurses working at Pediatrics Clinics to Patients Security.
METHOD: Defining type research was carried out through 1-30 may 2012 a public hospital and an university in Konya. The data of the research was collected via a questionnaire by reaching 122 nurses and midwives. The data was evaluated through number, percent, x2 analysis on computer.
RESULT: The research 77.9% of them work as a nurse and %66.1 of them obtain information about patient security. In the applications to the patient security, “I give the patients arm band” constitutes
54. 1,%“I have the concerned doctor sign the oral order form in 24 hours at the latest after it is filled” constitutes 73.8%,“ I evaluate the patients in view of the risk of falling down” constitutes 86.1%,“ I pay attention to asepsis in all invasive attempts” constitutes 91% are among the regular ones. It was found out that among the nurses and midwives, 19 out of 103 made medical error during a year.
CONCLUSİON: it has been achieved that nurses and midwives have different roles and pay attention to preventing the patients from falling down, providing the communication security, providing the infection security, providing the medicine security. It is thought that they should be supported in respect to identifying and confirming the patients ID

Key words: Child, Patient Security, Patient Security Applications, Nurse And Midwife

Article Language: Turkish English