Published online Dec 31, 2011.
https://doi.org/10.11111/jkana.2011.17.4.462
Perception of Patient Safety Culture and Safety Care Activity among Nurses in Small-Medium Sized General Hospitals
Abstract
Purpose
This study was done to identify the factors affecting the perception of patient-safety-culture and the level of safety-care-activity among nurses in small-medium sized general hospitals.
Method
Data were collected during April and May 2011, from 241 nurses of five hospitals. A hospital survey questionnaire on patient-safety-culture and safety-care-activity was used. Collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation, t-test, ANOVA, Scheffe test and multiple-regression.
Results
There were significant differences in the level of perception of patient-safety-culture according to the nurses' age, type of hospital, position, work department, and knowing whether there was a Patient-Safety committee in their hospitals. Nurses with higher perceived level of the patient-safety-culture performed more safety-care-activities. Factors influencing on the safety-care-activities were general patient safety, having had safety-education, patient-to-nurse ratio, employment status, and the level of reporting medical errors. These factors explained 22.9% of the safety-care-activity.
Conclusions
The study findings suggest that in order to improve the nurses' perceived level of patient-safety-culture and safety-care-activity, the hospitals need to establish patient-safety committees and communication systems, and openness to reporting medical errors are needed. Better work conditions to ensure appropriate work time, regulate patient-to-nurse ratio, and nursing education standards and criteria, are also required.
Table 1
Demographic and Job-Related Characteristics of the Participants (N=241)
Table 2
Levels of Perceived Patient Safety Culture and Safety Care Activity
Table 3
Frequency of Reports on Medical Errors and Near-Misses in the Past 12Mont hs
Table 4
Perceived Patient Safety Culture and Safety Care Activity by Demographic and Job-Related Characteristics of the Participants (N=241)
Table 5
Correlation Between Perceived Patient Safety Culture and Safety Care Activity
Table 6
Factors Influencing Safety Care Activity in the Nurses* (N=241)
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