Cultura

Investigating the Relationship between Nursing Technicians' Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Regarding Patient Assessment and Patient Safety Outcomes in Saudi Arabian Hospitals: A Review

VOLUME 21, 2024

The Role of Targeted Infra-popliteal Endovascular Angioplasty to Treat Diabetic Foot Ulcers Using the Angiosome Model: A Systematic Review

VOLUME 6, 2023

Jamilah Faleh Shirshab Aljameeli, Ghadeer Thujayl Otaysh Aldhafeeri, Abeer Thujayl Otaysh Aldhafeeri, Abdullah Khamais H Alshammari, Amal Shutayt Madloul Alshammari, Sabirin Sayer Mahdi Albanaqi

Abstract

Patient assessment is a foundational clinical process directly influencing patient safety outcomes in hospital settings. Nursing technicians, as frontline care providers, play a critical role in early detection of clinical deterioration, documentation accuracy, and communication of patient status changes. In Saudi Arabian hospitals, rapid healthcare expansion and workforce diversification have intensified the need to understand how knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) among nursing technicians affect patient safety outcomes. This review synthesizes peer-reviewed evidence examining the relationship between nursing personnel’s knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding patient assessment and measurable safety indicators. A structured review guided by PRISMA 2020 principles was conducted using PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science. Findings indicate that higher knowledge levels correlate with improved recognition of clinical deterioration and adherence to safety protocols. Positive attitudes toward patient safety foster reporting behaviors and teamwork engagement, while evidence-based practices reduce adverse events such as falls, medication errors, and failure-to-rescue incidents. Organizational culture, ongoing education, leadership support, and workload significantly mediate these relationships. Although Saudi-specific empirical data remain limited, international evidence supports a strong, interdependent association between KAP domains and patient safety outcomes. Strengthening competency-based training and cultivating safety-oriented organizational cultures may enhance patient safety performance in Saudi hospital environments.

Keywords : nursing technicians, patient assessment, patient safety, knowledge, attitudes, practices.
Erin Saricilar
Lecture in accounting. University of Basrah, College of Administration and Economics, Department of Accounting.

Abstract

Atherosclerotic disease significantly impacts patients with type 2 diabetes, who often present with recalcitrant peripheral ulcers. The angiosome model of the foot presents an opportunity to perform direct angiosome-targeted endovascular interventions to maximise both wound healing and limb salvage. A systematic review was performed, with 17 studies included in the final review. Below-the-knee endovascular interventions present significant technical challenges, with technical success depending on the length of lesion being treated and the number of angiosomes that require treatment. Wound healing was significantly improved with direct angiosome-targeted angioplasty, as was limb salvage, with a significant increase in survival without major amputation. Indirect angioplasty, where the intervention is applied to collateral vessels to the angiosomes, yielded similar results to direct angiosome-targeted angioplasty. Applying the angiosome model of the foot in direct angiosome-targeted angioplasty improves outcomes for patients with recalcitrant diabetic foot ulcers in terms of primary wound healing, mean time for complete wound healing and major amputation-free survival.
Keywords : Diabetic foot ulcer, angiosome, angioplasty