Patient Safety in Nursing Graduation: Student Perspective
Patient Safety; Schools for Health Professionals; Continuing Education; Adverse events; Comprehensive Health Care.
A problem that needs a very serious discussion and needs to be done in responsible way is “Patient Safety”, the subjetct is essential to equip future professionals for the prevention of adverse events and development of the patient safety culture (WEGNER et al., 2016). Justification: Patient Safety needs to be carried on a diagnosis situation in Nursing Graduation at ASCES-UNITA University in the context of teaching offered in the classroom and in the mandatory curricular internships. Objective: To analyze the perception of students about Patient Safety during Nursing Graduation at the University ASCES-UNITA Methodological path: This is a unique, instrumental, exploratory case study with a qualitative approach carried out in a private university in the interior of Northeastern Brazil. Data were collected in an Online Focus Group (GFO) with 12 students from the Nursing course. The data obtained were processed in the qualitative research software, NVivo, version 12.0. Results: The data processed in the software showed the students' perception about the theme divided into three categories, namely, teaching in the classroom, in the curricular internships and attributes for the management of future nurses. Although the university did not have a specific discipline for Patient Safety, the subject is covered since the beginning of the course by all professors in a satisfactory manner, according to them. Conclusion: Investing in the training of health professionals based on patient safety measures is one of the biggest investments that universities can propose, sharpening the criticality for the qualification of care and reduction of hospital costs, seeking to preserve life above all.