PATIENT SAFETY IN CLINICAL PRACTICE OF NURSING STUDENTS: KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDES.

Objective: to measure the knowledge and attitudes of nursing students about patient safety in fields of practice developed in hospital units. Method: cross-sectional and quantitative research, conducted in a private university center in the capital of Paraná. The Latino Students Patient Safety Questionnaire was applied to 26 students between June and August 2022. Data were analyzed by descriptive statistics. Items/questions with =4 points score indicate satisfactory result. Results: of the 21 statements, 57.1% were considered unsatisfactory. Awareness of individual error, safety standards adopted by the institution and the impossibility of avoiding most clinical errors obtained the lowest averages (2.7 each). The items of the proactive attitude dimension to avoid safety risk were satisfactory (=4 points). Conclusion: students present a proactive attitude to avoid safety risk, although there are gaps in knowledge about patient safety in practical fields. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]