Patient Safety Program and Safety Culture.
10.11111/jkana.2010.16.4.455
- Author:
Young Mee KIM
1
;
Se Young KIM
;
Min Young KIM
;
Ju Hee KIM
;
Suk Kyoung LEE
;
Mi Kyung JANG
Author Information
1. Department of Nursing, Seoul National Hospital, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Patient Safety;
Medication;
Safety Culture;
Leadership
- MeSH:
Hospitals, Teaching;
Humans;
Leadership;
Patient Safety;
Pliability;
Qi;
Surveys and Questionnaires
- From:Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration
2010;16(4):455-465
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: To determine the impact of the Patient Safety Program on the safety culture of nursing department. METHODS: Patient Safety Program focused on medication safety was launched by QI team and patient safety committee. Patient Safety Program was composed of the establishment of improved reporting system as s way to learn from error, 'Patient Safety Guard' movement, and continuous education for medication safety. With one group pretest-posttest design, nurses' perception of the safety culture were measured with self-administered questionnaire. Subjects were all nurses and managers in nursing department of a tertiary teaching hospital in Seoul. Collected data from survey was statistically analyzed using t-test. RESULTS: Patient Safety Program had been continued for 20 months in participation of all nurses and managers. Safety culture was improved (pretest=2.84, posttest=2.90, p<.001; 4 point scale). CONCLUSIONS: This study indicates that there has been a statistically significant increase in the nurses' perception of safety culture. These findings suggest that Patient Safety Program had made great contribution toward system wide safety culture in the hospital. To improve safety culture, leadership supports and flexibility to apply tailored interventions to the hospital were required necessarily.
