Effects of Clinical Nurses Critical Reflection Competency, Professional Pride, and Person-Centered Care Practice on Patient Safety Management Activities

Abstract

Purpose : This descriptive survey investigated the effects of clinical nurses’ critical reflection competency, professional pride, and person-centered care practices on patient safety management activities.Methods : The participants were 183 clinical nurses working at a tertiary hospital in South Korea. The questionnaires consisted of the Critical Reflection Competency Scale for Clinical Nurses Professional Pride the Person-Centered Nursing Assessment Tool and Patient Safety Management Activities. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-tests, ANOVA, Tukey’s HSD, Pearson’s correlation coefficient, and multiple regression using SPSS 29.0.Results : The mean score for patient safety management activities was 4.65±0.34 out of 5. There were significant differences in patient safety management activities according to age (F=3.90, <i>p</i>=.010), education level (t=-2.56, <i>p</i>=.013), total work experience (F=3.87, <i>p</i>=.010), and the number of healthcare accreditation system experiences (F=5.22, <i>p</i>=.006). Patient safety management activities were positively correlated with critical reflection competency (r=.337, <i>p</i>＜.001), professional pride (r=.271, <i>p</i>＜.001), and person-centered care practices (r=.399, <i>p</i>＜.001). The results indicated that person-centered care practices affected patient safety management activities (β=.358, <i>p</i>＜.001) with the explanatory power of 22.5%.Conclusion : To improve clinical nurses’ patient safety management activities, it is necessary to develop participatory educational programs that can integrate skills and attitudes based on conceptual knowledge of person-centered care. Intervention studies are needed to test the effect of person-centered care on patient safety when applied in clinical practice.