Abstract：【Objective】To investigate the status and influencing factors of patient-identification with correct implementation before pediatric nursing procedures in our hospital. 【Methods】A total of 300 nursing staff from emergency department, outpatient units and 32 wards in our hospital were selected by cluster sampling from September 2018 to December 2018. The survey covered 10 common nursing procedures (indwelling intravenous infusion, replacing liquid, blood collection/blood transfusion, intramuscular injection, intradermal injection, oral medication, aerosol inhalation, vital signs measurement, issuing checklists and instruments, and patients returning bed). The status of patient-identification before any of those operations by pediatric nurses was evaluated by wristband information viewing and patient's identity checking and asking. 【Results】Among the 300 nursing staff in our survey, patients' identification were correctly performed 232 times. The correct implementation rate was 77.33%. The total number of unqualified patient-identification before operations were 68 times (22.67%). Univariate analysis showed that the differences of correct implementation rate for patient-identification before operation among working years, job titles, investigation time period and department categories were statistically significant (P<0.05). Multivariate logistic analysis also showed that years of work, job title, investigation period, and department were independent risk factors that affected the correct identification of patients before operation (P<0.05). 【Conclusion】Pediatric nurses in our hospital still have room for further improvement in the identification of patients before any operations. The training of nursing staff at all levels should be emphasized, and the core system should be implemented. At the same time, the operational procedures should be standardized to strengthen the awareness of risk prevention of nursing staff.
2019, Vol. 36 
