Assessment of patient safety culture among nurses working at tertiary care hospitals in Aljouf region, Saudi Arabia (16 April 2024)

Summary

This cross-sectional study, published in Cureus, was conducted among 423 nurses working at tertiary care hospitals in the Al-Jouf region in Saudi Arabia. The authors note that participants valued the aspects of teamwork within units, organisational learning-continuous improvement, and overall perceptions of patient safety as areas of strength and important elements of patient safety culture. However, they also highlighted areas of concern that need improvement, such as nonpunitive response to errors, handoffs and transitions, communication openness, staffing, and frequency of events reported.