Knowledge, attitude and practice about patients′ safety and their influenc-ing factors among nursing students of high vocational colleges in Chongqing city

  Objective  To examine the status quo and influencing factors of knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) on patients′ safety among nursing students in higher vocational schools in Chongqing city and to provide evidences for conducting education programs on patients′ safety in the students.

  Methods  Using random cluster sampling, we recruited 846 nursing graduates in three high vocational schools in Chongqing city and carried out a survey with a self-designed questionnaire from November 2018 to April 2019.

  Results  For all the respondents, the overall score of KAP about patients′ safety was 103.87 ± 9.12 and the scores were 30.65 ± 2.75, 38.46 ± 4.36, and 34.76 ± 4.18 for patients′ safety related knowledge, attitude, and practice, respectively. The results of stepwise multivariate linear regression analysis demonstrated that the respondents ever participating in clinical practice and those ever taking relevant training courses had a better KAP on patients′ safety.

  Conclusion  The knowledge, attitude and practice about patients′ safety are at a medium level and mainly influenced by participations of clinical practice and training course on patients′ safety among nursing students in high vocational schools in Chongqing city.