The perception of hospital safety culture and selected outcomes among nurses: An exploratory study

Abstract

The objectives of this study were to examine nurses' perceptions of the hospital safety culture in Jordan and to identify the relationships between aspects of hospital safety culture and selected safety outcomes. Data from 242 registered nurses in five Jordanian hospitals were analyzed. Aspects of hospital safety culture and outcomes were measured using the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture. Among various aspects of hospital safety culture, teamwork within units had the highest average percentage of positive responses (49.8%). Additionally, participants reported deficits in other aspects of safety culture, particularly in staffing and nonpunitive response to errors, with average percentages of positive responses of 30.4% and 30.7%, respectively. Pearson correlation analysis revealed that 9 of 10 subscales of hospital safety culture were significantly correlated to one or more of the hospital safety outcomes. The findings of this study can help policymakers and healthcare administrators identify the weaknesses and strengths of hospital safety issues in order to propose effective strategies to improve patient safety and quality of care.

Mental health nurses’ perceptions of patient safety culture in psychiatric settings

“…; Saleh et al. ). Also, in the current study, supervisors/mangers take in consideration nurses’ suggestions to improve patient safety and support them for positive changes.…”

“…However, among Jordanian nurses, the result was lower for excellent/very good (42%), higher for acceptable (51%) and within the range for poor/failing (7%; Saleh et al. ). In a psychiatric hospital, results were 58%, 39% and 3% for excellent or very good, acceptable and poor or failing, respectively (Kuosmanen et al.…”

“…; Hamdan & Saleem ; Saleh et al. ) using the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture (HSOPSC). However, very limited studies about patients’ safety culture have been conducted among mental health nurses (Kuosmanen et al.…”

“…In Jordan, a country close to Saudi Arabia, Saleh et al. () demonstrated that ‘teamwork within units’ had the highest positive scores, and ‘non‐punitive response to error’ had the lowest positive scores. In the Sultanate of Oman, a gulf country like Saudi Arabia, Ammouri et al.…”

“…Nurses have a crucial role in ensuring patient safety as they provide most of the patients care and they coordinate the care among healthcare workers. Many studies about patients' safety culture among healthcare workers and nurses in general were conducted in developed (Armellino et al 2010;Turunen et al 2013;Wanger et al 2009Wanger et al , 2013 and developing countries (Aboul-Fotouh et al 2012;AbuAlRub & Abu Alhijaa 2014;Alahmadi 2010;Ammouri et al 2014;El-Jardali et al 2014;Hamdan & Saleem 2013;Saleh et al 2015) using the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture (HSOPSC). However, very limited studies about patients' safety culture have been conducted among mental health nurses (Kuosmanen et al 2013;Woodthorpe et al 2013).…”