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Lifang He1, Lingyao Meng1, Chi Tuo1
1School of Nursing, Xiangnan University, Chenzhou, 423000, People's Republic of China.
Risk Management and Healthcare Policy
|March 27, 2026
Summary
Newly graduated nurses show moderate patient risk identification skills, needing improvement in risk knowledge and analysis. Factors like experience, training, and support influence their ability to identify patient risks.
Area of Science:
- Nursing
- Medical Risk Management
- Patient Safety
Background:
- Risk identification is crucial for effective medical risk management.
- Limited research exists on the patient risk identification abilities of newly graduated nurses.
Purpose of the Study:
- To explore the current capacity of newly graduated nurses in identifying patient risks.
- To identify factors influencing their patient risk identification ability.
Main Methods:
- Convergent parallel mixed-methods design.
- Quantitative data from 212 newly graduated nurses via online survey.
- Qualitative data from semi-structured interviews with 11 participants.
Main Results:
- Newly graduated nurses scored 73.32 ± 9.20 in patient risk identification, with highest scores in risk perception.
- Significant predictors included length of employment, employment type, family in healthcare, patient safety training, marital status, attitude toward nursing, education level, and unit.
- Qualitative themes revealed heightened risk awareness but limited ability to analyze complex conditions, alongside identified barriers and facilitators.
Conclusions:
- Newly graduated nurses require enhanced risk identification skills, especially in knowledge mastery and complex situation analysis.
- Personal factors (knowledge, experience, values), patient safety education, clinical workload, and organizational support significantly influence this ability.
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