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Abstract
Nurses’ perceptions about safety are important because organizations with strong safety consistently report fewer workplace injuries and fewer harmful events than do organizations with weak safety. Aim The study aimed to assessing nurses’ perceptions of child’s safety at medical of pediatric and critical of pediatric units and developing an improvement plan to enhance child safety at the study setting. Subjects and method The study was conducted in critical care units and medical units of pediatrics at Benha University Hospitals, Benha Educational Hospital Affiliated to the Ministry of Health and Specialized Children Hospital in Benha City. Research design: A descriptive study design was used. Tools of the study included 1st part Interview questionnaire sheets were used to collect the participants’ characteristic data, 2nd part: knowledge of the studied nurse regarding child safety, 2) observational checklists to assess the safety of nursing care for the children in hospital. Results: nurses perceive child’s safety positively. There were statistically significant differences between perception of nurses working in critical care units and perception of nurses working medical department of pediatric .There were a statistically significant differences between perception of the staff nurses and perception of head nurses in all items related to child’ safety. Conclusion: nurses perceive child’s safety positively and there was a statistically significant difference between nurses working in critical of pediatric care units and nurses working in medical of pediatric unit regarding there perception of child safety. Also, there are a statistically significant difference between staff nurses and head nurses regarding there perception of child safety. Recommendation: Hospital should have available policies for promoting child safety. Incidence reports for children’s exposure to hazards in hospitals that threaten their well being should be available.