The Effects of Safety Consciousness, Knowledge and Attitude of Standard Precaution on Self-Confidence in Performing Patient Safety Management in Nursing Students

Objectives This study confirmed the effect of safety consciousness, knowledge of standard precaution, and attitudes of second grade nursing students who have not experienced clinical practice on self-confidence in performing patient safety management. Methods Data were collected through a structured questionnaire targeting 156, second graders of nursing departments at two universities located in C city. The analysis of the collected data was analyzed using the independent t-test, Pearson correlation, coefficient, and hierarchical regression of the SPSS 20.0 program. Results As a result of the study, the factors affecting nursing students' self-confidence in performing patient safety management were safety consciousness (ß=.37, p<.001), attitude of standard precaution (ß=.19, p=.008), and major satisfaction (ß=.18, p=.010). The most influential variables were safety consciousness, and the total explanatory power of these variables was 28.6%. Conclusions In this study, it was confirmed that the higher the safety consciousness, the higher the self-confidence in performing patient safety management of nursing students. Safety consciousness refers to awareness of safety, which is important in maintaining and preventing safety from risks that may appear in daily life. Therefore, education that strengthens the safety consciousness of nursing students is necessary to create a healthy and safe environment from various safety accidents, and it is suggested to use the results of this study as basic data for the development of curriculum and educational programs to improve patient safety management capabilities.