Segurança do paciente: Percepções de docentes e discentes do curso técnico em enfermagem

Abstract

Introduction: Patient safety is one of the relevant issues in the health area. The importance of studying this topic is justified as a way of identifying what it represents for teachers and students in the field of nursing. Objectives: To investigate the perceptions of nursing professors and students about patient safety. Methods: Descriptive, cross-sectional study with a qualitative approach. The textual data from the interviews with professors of the technical nursing course and from a focus group conducted with the students of the last year of that course. These data were transcribed and analysed using the software Interface de R pour Multidimensionnelles de Textes et de Questionneires (IRAMUTEQ®). Results: With the analysis of the data, five content classes emerged: 1) permanent education as necessary for patient safety (18.9%); 2) assistance directed towards security (17.6%); 3) risk of error in the health field (13.1%); 4) conduct for safe assistance (26.8%); 5) nursing procedures associated with safety (23.5%). Conclusions: Respondents understood that patient safety is based on three primary characteristics: quality care, technique, knowledge.