Patient safety is a salient issue in the health care sector globally. Increasing patient safety is critical in preventing negative outcomes in nursing care and attaining goals at a desired level of quality (Walton et al., 2010). Errors in health care are divided into two categories: medical errors and omission errors. Studies have focused mainly on medical errors in recent years. However, omission errors, directly related to the quality of care and patient safety, have remained in the background. Detecting omission errors, which results in more serious problems, is more difficult than detecting medical errors (Kalisch, Tschannen, Lee, & Friese, 2011). Thus, it is crucial to determine and prevent omission errors. Missed nursing care (MNC), an omission error, was first described as 'any aspect of required patient

Purpose: It was aimed to evaluate depression, anxiety, stress symptoms of health professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic and to reveal the risk factors.Design and Methods: Four hundred and sixteen professionals participated in this study. Data were collected online by Depression-Anxiety-Stress Scale.Findings: A statistically significant, positive relationship was determined between professionals' perceptions of COVID-19 risk and scale scores.Practice Implications: The professionals involved in the struggle against the COVID-19 have high levels of depression, anxiety, stress. It is recommended to revise the content to enable individuals to increase skills in coping with similar situations and to take measures to protect their health.

Physicians and nurses are responsible for the fulfilment of highly important tasks for their organisations. Their contributions help their organisations remain competitive, improve the health services, ensure and sustain patient safety. Hence, these results will provide information to facilitate an understanding of the topics, causes and consequences of organisational silence among physicians and nurses, two key healthcare professions, and will be helpful in the development of medical and nursing human resources in clinical settings.

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Purpose: This study aims to determine nurses' positive psychological capital (Psy-Cap) levels and to examine their relationships with employee voice (EV) and organizational silence (OS) behaviors.Design and Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional and correlational study collected data from 341 nurses working at a public university and a private university hospital. The data were collected with the positive PsyCap, EV, and OS scales.Findings: Statistically significant positive relationships were found between positive PsyCap and EV, and between positive PsyCap and relational silence. However, there was a statistically significant negative relationship between positive PsyCap and individual silence.Practice Implications: Nurse managers should support nurses and allow them to participate in decisions that can contribute to nursing, healthcare institution, and the quality of healthcare services.

The Turkish version of the Job Performance Instrument was determined to be valid and reliable to measure the performance of nurses. The instrument is suitable for evaluating current nursing roles.

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Purpose In this study, some personal and smartphone usage characteristics will be examined as the determinants of nomophobia, and its relationship with personality traits will be tested. Design and Methods The sample of the descriptive and correlative study consisted of 669 nurses working in six hospitals in Istanbul. The data collection tool consisted of three parts: Descriptive information form, Nomophobia Scale, and Five‐Factor Personality Traits Scale. Findings There was a relationship between nurses' nomophobia levels and neuroticism scores (r = 0.201; p < 0.001). The relationships nomophobia levels with other personality features were found to be either significant but negative, and very low power or statistically non‐significant. Practice Implications As a result of the research, the prevalence of nomophobia increases due to the use of smartphones, especially the younger generation is at risk for nomophobia and that the personality traits of the people do not have a strong explanatory on the levels of nomophobia.