Nurses Experiences of Patient Safety in a Home Care Setting : A Literature Review
Rotich, Mercy; Kemboi, Brian (2025)
2025
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2025100125429
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2025100125429
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The prevalence of problems of sensory impairments, reduced mobility, and age-related conditions among home care residents present the concern for patients’ safety within the home care setting. The purpose of this thesis was to review the experiences of home care nurses regarding patient safety.
This literature review study was implemented with a focus on reviewing the experiences of home care nurses regarding patient safety in a home care setting. The keywords used for the data search were: “Nurse experience” OR “Nurse perspective”, AND “Patient Safety”, AND “Home Care” OR “Home health care” OR “Domiciliary care” OR “Home-based care” OR “Hospital-at-home care” “patient safety”, with the search conducted on PubMed, Google Scholar, and CINAHL. A total of 10 articles were used after the data selection process.
The findings showed that the approaches to ensuring patient safety in a home care setting are avoiding medication errors, implementing interventions in healthcare environmental hygiene (HEH), and implementing fall prevention strategies. This thesis recommends further research on nurses’ experiences through ethnographic studies in underrepresented regions.
This literature review study was implemented with a focus on reviewing the experiences of home care nurses regarding patient safety in a home care setting. The keywords used for the data search were: “Nurse experience” OR “Nurse perspective”, AND “Patient Safety”, AND “Home Care” OR “Home health care” OR “Domiciliary care” OR “Home-based care” OR “Hospital-at-home care” “patient safety”, with the search conducted on PubMed, Google Scholar, and CINAHL. A total of 10 articles were used after the data selection process.
The findings showed that the approaches to ensuring patient safety in a home care setting are avoiding medication errors, implementing interventions in healthcare environmental hygiene (HEH), and implementing fall prevention strategies. This thesis recommends further research on nurses’ experiences through ethnographic studies in underrepresented regions.