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Clinical Risk Perception in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit in North-Eastern Italy: A Focus Group Study

Angela Prendin
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Paola Claudia Fazio
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Vincenzo Andretta
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Benedicta Tabacco
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Veronica Strini
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Valentina Cerrone
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Mario Capunzo
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Silvana Mirella Aliberti
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Version 1 : Received: 1 September 2023 / Approved: 4 September 2023 / Online: 6 September 2023 (14:37:36 CEST)

How to cite: Prendin, A.; Fazio, P. C.; Andretta, V.; Tabacco, B.; Strini, V.; Cerrone, V.; Capunzo, M.; Aliberti, S. M. Clinical Risk Perception in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit in North-Eastern Italy: A Focus Group Study. Preprints 2023, 2023090268. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202309.0268.v1 Prendin, A.; Fazio, P. C.; Andretta, V.; Tabacco, B.; Strini, V.; Cerrone, V.; Capunzo, M.; Aliberti, S. M. Clinical Risk Perception in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit in North-Eastern Italy: A Focus Group Study. Preprints 2023, 2023090268. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202309.0268.v1

Abstract

The intensive care unit is characterized by the critical care of the infants and children who access it, as well as the high complexity of care. This implies and requires optimal integration among the various professionals working there and their ability to work as a team. The purpose of the study was to describe how nurses perceive clinical risk and how they relate to it and to identify adverse events and related risk factors. Nine nurses, two moderators and one external observer partici-pated in the focus group. In the qualitative analysis, 9 themes describing the perception of clinical risk in PICU were identified, including teamwork, specific training, time management, team communication, management, individual errors, structural criticality, patient fac-tors/characteristics, and standardization. Safety culture can be fostered by hospital management to involve PICU nurses in promoting patient safety, which could improve breaking down barriers that prevent nurses from fulfilling their roles.

Keywords

Patient safety; Safety I; Safety II; Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU); Nurse

Subject

Public Health and Healthcare, Public Health and Health Services

Copyright: This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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