Özet:

This identifying study was conducted with the aim of evaluating the opinions of nursing students about patient safety and medical errors. Method: The research was applied to students who continue to teach education in the 2018-2019 Spring period in the Department of Nursing at a public university of the Faculty of Health Sciences. The data was collected using the 18 question survey form and evaluated by 166 students. The survey form was created by the researcher. The analysis looked at percentages, numbers and average values. Results: 22% of student nurses involved in the study, with regard to themselves, made medical errors during clinical practices, the errors (21.1%) were caused by the failure to comply with the rules of aseptia and the misidentification of the patient's identity (8.4%), 7% of the errors. In 2 they said patients were injured, but mostly (84.9 percent) did not report errors. For their companions, they that rates were higher. The most common medical errors were by nurses (40.4 percent). In addition, students pointed out that the creation of the procedure for the practices made will have a positive impact on the safety of the patient, and that negligence is the main cause of medical errors. The result: Students’ nurses were found to be witnesses of their own medical errors during hospitalization, but the error report was low. The prevention of medical errors; the greater involvement of the patient safety training in the student nursing training in the curriculum, and in the hospitals the management of measures on this issue and the increase in the frequency of service training can contribute to the patient safety.

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