Barriers of reporting incident and suggested solutions from the perspective of staff nurses / Samah Borhamy Mourd Youns ; Supervised Abeer Mohamed Seada , Eman Abdelalim Etway

Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Nursing - Department of Nursing Services Administration

Background :.Incident reporting in health care is considered a way to monitor, prevent, and reduce the occurrence of patient safety events. Incident Reporting Systems, (IRS) will continue to be an important influence on improving patient safety and quality of health care. Aim: The aim of this study is to assess barriers of reporting incident report and suggested solutions from the perspective of staff nurses. Design: Descriptive exploratory study design was utilized to achieve the aim of the current study. Setting: Study was conducted in all inpatient departments at 6 October Health nsurance Hospital in GIZA.Sample: Convenient sample of staff nurses (N=250) who were working in the previous mentioned hospital.Tools: Two tools were used for data collection: Barriers of Reporting Incident and Suggested solutions questionnaires Results: results of the present study revealed that the highest mean scores regarding barriers of reporting incident was time constrain, while the lowest mean scores was lack of education. Regarding suggested solutions, the highest mean scores was availability of reports pathways,while the lowest mean scores was regarding to valuing reporting. Conclusion:The main barrier for reporting incident barriers was time constrains and the main suggested solutions, was availability of reports pathways. Recommendations: The hospital administrators should set incident report policy and introduce reward systems, and improving incident reporting systems by including a variety of reporting channels and ensuring reporter anonymity, and creating a strong safety culture within the hospital

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