Relationship between the number of times the ward nursing manual is viewed and the number of incident reports in an emergency and critical care center

Abstract

Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship and time-series trend between the number of times the ward nursing manual was viewed and the number of incidents.

Methods: The number of times the ward nursing manual was viewed per day, the total number of incidents, and the number of corrected incidents from January 28, 2016 to March 4, 2018. Correlation analysis was performed on the number of times the ward nursing manual was viewed per day and the total number of incidents and the number of corrected incidents. In addition, the number of times the ward nursing manual was viewed and the total number of incidents and the number of corrected incidents were analyzed by decomposing them into trend, seasonal, and irregular components of variation.

Results: The median of the number of times the ward nursing manual was viewed per day, the total number of incidents, and the number of corrected incidents were 2, 1, and 0, respectively, and there was no significant correlation. Only the number of times the ward nursing manual was viewed showed trend variation consistent with the first quarter.

Conclusions: There was no relationship between the number of times the ward nursing manual was viewed and the number of incidents, but there was a trend toward an increase in the number of times the ward nursing manual was viewed in the first quarter.