The Descriptive Study on Nurses' Knowledge Of The Right Identification Of Patients in A Private Hospital In Central Indonesia

Patient safety is a system used in hospitals that make nursing care becomes more secure. Systems that can prevent injuries arising from errors in performing the action The accurate implementation of patient identification is one of the components in patient safety. As a nurse, it is crucial to have a good knowledge of patient identification according to hospital’s regulation.The purpose of this research was to know the description of nursing knowledge about identification patients in the inpatient room Private Hospital in Central Indonesia. This study used quantitative descriptive method it cross sectional approach which uses the technique of total sampling. Population in this study was 20 nurses in inpatient Private Hospital in Central Indonesia .This study uses the instrument in the form of a questionnaire that contained 24 questions using a scale Guttman consisting of positive questions and negative questions. This research was conducted in October-November 2017. This study showed by as many as 19 nurses (95%) of the 20 respondents have the level of knowledge of good and 1 nurse (5%) of the 20 respondents have a sufficient level of knowledge. For further research, the researcher recommends a randomized control trial design on a larger number of samples in order to obtain more accurate results. That way, you can see what part of the information in the topic of identifying patients who are still of low value with more objective. In the end, this can be an input for hospital managers to provide training that focuses on improving the knowledge of nurses.