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  • Nursing
  • Patient Safety
  • Healthcare Quality

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  • Person- and family-centered care is recommended for quality and safety.
  • Health professionals sometimes view family presence as a risk to patient care.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze nurses' perspectives on the benefits and drawbacks of family presence in hospitals concerning patient safety.
  • To explore how family involvement impacts patient safety from a nursing standpoint.

Main Methods:

  • Qualitative interpretative study using James Reason's risk model.
  • Semi-structured interviews with 10 nurses.
  • Content analysis using Bardin's methodology and MAXQDA software.

Main Results:

  • Identified 17 categories of family representation in patient safety.
  • Family as a Potentiator of Security Failures (7 categories).
  • Family as a Safety Barrier (10 categories).

Conclusions:

  • Nurses recognize significant potential in family involvement as a safety barrier.
  • Interventions are needed to ensure safe family participation.
  • Increased complexity of nursing care necessitates improved nurse-to-patient ratios.