الفهرس 
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Abstract
Education and training are important elements in patient safety
practice, Health care provider education is used nationwide to orient
professionals about various aspects of patient safety and how errors are
identified. Therefore developing instructional patient safety manual for
nursing personnel as a mean to improve patient safety practice used to
introduce or reinforce safe practices that are proven to eliminate or minimize
harm to patients. Aim: This study aimed to develop instructional patient
safety manual for the nursing personnel as a mean to improve patient safety
practice. Subjects and Method: A pre-experimental research design was
conducted to meet the aim of the study; target sample included all available
number of the nursing personnel working in the selected critical care units at
Menoufia University Hospital and Liver Institute at Shebin El-kom,
Menoufia Governorate (n=95).Tools: three tools used in the study including:
- knowledge assessment questionnaire with the socio-demographic data
sheet, observational checklist for nurses performance and Unit Structure
Observational Checklist. Results showed a positive improvement in the
knowledge & practice scores after implementing instructional patient safety
manual. A positive, non-significant correlation between nurse’s knowledge
and practice scores after implementing manual was detected. Conclusion On
the light of the current study it can be concluded that the nurses’ knowledge
regarding patient safety were not enough with some unsafe practices. There
was a lack of educational materials, policies and protocol about patient
safety. The instructional patient safety manual had a positive effect in
improving the nurses’ knowledge and practices regarding patient safety
measures. Recommendation: Replication of the study on a large probability
sample from different units is required to allow generalizability of the
findings. Creating ongoing educational sessions for nurses and periodic
refresher training courses should be provided in order to keep nurses
updating knowledge and practice regarding to patient safety. Periodic
follow-up for nurses’ performance regarding patient safety practice is
required to provide more information on the lasting impact of the
educational sessions.