Investigation on nurses' cognitive of patient safety culture in hospital
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1674-2907.2011.11.029
- VernacularTitle:对医院护士患者安全文化认知的调查
- Author:
Yu-E LIU
1
;
Ping ZHANG
;
Ai-Hui DENG
;
Ling-Ling HE
;
Zhi-Min WANG
;
Li DAI
Author Information
1. 南华大学
- Keywords:
Nurses;
Patient safety;
Safety culture in hospital;
Cognitive
- From:
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing
2011;17(11):1308-1311
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To explore the level of patient safety culture of nurses, so as to provide more objective information for the developmental measures to improve patient safety culture. Methods 1 866 nurses from six grade-3 hospitals of a province were investigated by patient safety culture assessment scale. Results The total scores of patient safety culture of nurses was 3.57 ± 0.42, belongs to the middle-level. 5 factors in descending order according to the questionnaire scores was teamwork climate, safety climate, job Satisfaction,perception of management and stress recognition. The lower scores were the punishment of adverse events, job stress, work intensity, the staffing and so on. Conclusions It is very important that nurse managers should focus on improving a safer system in nursing, find out the potential risks, create a positive patient safety culture,and reduce or prevent adverse events of nursing in order to promote patient safety.
