Attitudes of anesthesia and intensive care nurses toward the need for safety tools and simulation training for crisis situations in daily practice

Ješić, Valentina; Babić, Sabina; Vratan, Nikolina; Vrbić, Milica

doi:10.65241/wh.8.1.4

World of Health : World of Health, Vol. 8 No. 1, 2025.

Original scientific paper

https://doi.org/10.65241/wh.8.1.4

Attitudes of anesthesia and intensive care nurses toward the need for safety tools and simulation training for crisis situations in daily practice

Valentina Ješić orcid.org/0000-0001-7947-5233 ; University Hospital Centre Sestre Milosrdnice, Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Medicine and Pain Treatment, Zagreb, Croatia *
Sabina Babić ; University Hospital Centre Sestre Milosrdnice, Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Medicine and Pain Treatment, Zagreb, Croatia
Nikolina Vratan ; University Hospital Centre Sestre Milosrdnice, Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Medicine and Pain Treatment, Zagreb, Croatia
Milica Vrbić ; University Hospital Centre Sestre Milosrdnice, Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Medicine and Pain Treatment, Zagreb, Croatia

* Corresponding author.

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Ješić, V., Babić, S., Vratan, N. & Vrbić, M. (2025). Attitudes of anesthesia and intensive care nurses toward the need for safety tools and simulation training for crisis situations in daily practice. World of Health, 8 (1), 27-34. https://doi.org/10.65241/wh.8.1.4

MLA 8th Edition

Ješić, Valentina, et al. "Attitudes of anesthesia and intensive care nurses toward the need for safety tools and simulation training for crisis situations in daily practice." World of Health, vol. 8, no. 1, 2025, pp. 27-34. https://doi.org/10.65241/wh.8.1.4. Accessed 31 May 2026.

Chicago 17th Edition

Ješić, Valentina, Sabina Babić, Nikolina Vratan and Milica Vrbić. "Attitudes of anesthesia and intensive care nurses toward the need for safety tools and simulation training for crisis situations in daily practice." World of Health 8, no. 1 (2025): 27-34. https://doi.org/10.65241/wh.8.1.4

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Ješić, V., et al. (2025). 'Attitudes of anesthesia and intensive care nurses toward the need for safety tools and simulation training for crisis situations in daily practice', World of Health, 8(1), pp. 27-34. https://doi.org/10.65241/wh.8.1.4

Vancouver

Ješić V, Babić S, Vratan N, Vrbić M. Attitudes of anesthesia and intensive care nurses toward the need for safety tools and simulation training for crisis situations in daily practice. World of Health [Internet]. 2025 [cited 2026 May 31];8(1):27-34. https://doi.org/10.65241/wh.8.1.4

IEEE

V. Ješić, S. Babić, N. Vratan and M. Vrbić, "Attitudes of anesthesia and intensive care nurses toward the need for safety tools and simulation training for crisis situations in daily practice", World of Health, vol.8, no. 1, pp. 27-34, 2025. [Online]. https://doi.org/10.65241/wh.8.1.4

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Abstract

Background:
Nurses in anaesthesia and intensive care frequently face emergency situations that demand high levels of preparedness. Safety tools and simulation-based training play a critical role in improving patient safety and team coordination.
Methods:
A cross-sectional quantitative study was conducted among 138 nurses and technicians in Croatia. Data were collected via a structured online questionnaire and analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics with PSPP.
Results:
A total of 91% of respondents found simulation training useful or partially useful, and 98% supported its mandatory implementation. Over one-third believed that safety tools in their institutions were not fully standardised. The most frequently reported barriers were time constraints, lack of equipment, and limited institutional support. A significant linear association was found between age and perception of usefulness (p = 0.006), while no significant difference was found by workplace (p = 0.969).
Conclusions:
Nurses in intensive care and anaesthesia units clearly recognise the need for safety tools and regular simulation-based training. However, numerous barriers call for strategic planning, institutional support, and the standardisation of educational approaches.