Summary
Patient safety culture is the foundation of patient safety and refers to a healthcare organisation’s shared values, norms and beliefs that influence staff’s behaviour and actions. This study in BMJ Open Quality aimed to assess nurses’ reporting on the predictors and outcomes of patient safety culture and the differences between patient safety grades and the number of events reported. It aimed to fill a gap in research by looking at patient safety culture in terms of both predictors and outcomes. The author developed a cross-sectional comparative research design and recruited 300 registered nurses to take part in a survey on patient safety culture.
The author found that nurses generally perceived patient safety culture as 'moderate', and identified areas that should be prioritised to improve patient safety culture. They concluded that assessing patient safety culture is the first step in improving hospitals’ overall performance and quality of services, and that improving patient safety practices is essential to improving culture and clinical outcomes.
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