Abstract
Objective:To determine the patient safety culture perception of operating room and intensive care nurses and the factors affecting this perception.Methods:This descriptive study was conducted on 232 nurses working in a Turkish city hospitals. The data obtained from the nurses were collected using personal information form and Patient Safety Culture Scale (PSCS) from June to July 2015.Results:The total score average of the nurses on the PSCS was 2.58±0.39. The nurses obtained the highest score on the employee behavior subscale, and the lowest score on the the adverse event reporting system subscale. No significant difference was found between the total score averages of the PSCS of the operating room and intensive care nurses (p>0.05).Conclusion:The patient safety culture score average of the operating room and intensive care nurses was at medium level. In addition, being able to choose the unit in which they worked, working day or night shifts, and being educated on patient safety were found to affect the patients safety cultures of the nurses (P<0.05).
Highlights
MethodsThis descriptive and cross-sectional study was conducted on 232 nurses working in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and ORs in a city in Northern Turkey between 1st and 30th June, 2015
Patient safety is defined as preventing patients from being harmed
The t test and analysis of variance were used in comparing the nurses’ Patient Safety Culture Scale (PSCS) scores according to their sociodemographic characteristics.P
Summary
This descriptive and cross-sectional study was conducted on 232 nurses working in the ICUs and ORs in a city in Northern Turkey between 1st and 30th June, 2015. The total number of nurses working in the operating rooms and intensive care units of hospitals was 355. The data obtained from the 232 nurses who filled out the questionnaire were used in this study (response rate was 65%, participant number and total number of nurses were 232 and 355, respectively.) Data collection: The data obtained from the nurses were collected using personal information Form included eight items about personal and professional features and “Patient Safety Culture Scale” developed in Turkish by Turkmen et al.[11] The Patient Safety Culture Scale includes 51 items and consists of five subscales that include Management
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