The Role of Nurses in Continuous Improvement Patient Safety in the Operations Room of Dr. M. Soewandhi Hospital, Surabaya Soelistyowati Endang1,*, Yuniarti Siswari1 1Lecturer, Health Polytechnic of Surabaya *Corresponding Author: Endang Soelistyowati, E-mail: endang_soelis@ymail.com Address: Pucang Jajar Tengan Street-56, Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia
Online published on 27 November, 2019. Abstract Hospitals in providing health services must prioritize patient safety. However, patient reporting remains quite high, including in care with nurses as the highest cause of incident. Nurses have a very important role in their success, because as the backbone of health services in hospitals, they must always be available for 24 hours to deal with routine tasks and different actions. Nurses have an important role for hospitals in looking at international service standards. In order to provide good service, nurses must pay attention. This research wa a non-experimental quantitative research design with a cross sectional approach. The subjects (46) were selected using a random sampling technique. The data were obtained using questionnaire, observation and review of documents. From the results using Chi Square test obtained p-value of 0.002. In conclusion, there is a poitive correlation between the role of nurses regarding patient safety with the application of patient safety in the operating room of Dr. M. Soewandhie Hospital, Surabaya. Top Keywords Role, Nurses, Patient safety. Top |