• Pak J Med Sci · Mar 2017

    The patient safety culture perception of Turkish nurses who work in operating room and intensive care unit.

    • Selda Rizalar and TopcuSacide YildizeliSYSacide Yildizeli Topcu, PhD, RN. Faculty of of Health Science, Trakya University, Edirne, Turkey..
    • Selda Rizalar, PhD, RN. School of Health Science, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey.
    • Pak J Med Sci. 2017 Mar 1; 33 (2): 374379374-379.

    ObjectiveTo determine the patient safety culture perception of operating room and intensive care nurses and the factors affecting this perception.MethodsThis 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.ResultsThe 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).ConclusionThe 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).

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