The Effectiveness of Nursing Risk Management System at a Private Hospital in Pathumthani Province

Abstract

Objective: To develop a nursing risk management system and effectiveness analysis the nursing risk management system was developed at a private hospital in Pathum Thani Province.

Materials and Methods: This research is quasi experimental research. One group pretest-posttest design. The population was all nurse is in 23 hospitals. The research instruments were the nursing risk management system, knowledge test risk management, risk reporting form and the satisfaction of professional nurses on the developed system. The five subjects were CVI equal to 1.00 and 0.82. The coefficient alpha was 0.81 and 0.96 respectively. The results were analyzed using descriptive statistics. The paired t-test and chi-square.

Result: The research findings indicate that after implementation of the nursing risk management system. The nursing profession were knowledgeable about the risk management in nursing (p = 0.001), especially the type of risk, meaning and goal of risk. Professional nurses have significantly changed their nursing care risk report behavior ( = 1.88). There was a significant reduction in the severity of nursing risk ( = 15.9) and professional nurses satisfaction with the nursing risk management system significantly statistics (p = 0.00), especially in the direction of risk management policy.

Conclusions: The professional nurses have a high level of satisfaction with nursing risk management systems. Knowledge of risk management is increasing. Increased risk reporting behavior. And the number of the severity of the risk are decreased.

Key words: Risk, Risk management, Nurse Risk Management