Evaluation of the Relationship between the Patient Safety Culture and Medical Error Attitudes of the Pediatric Nurses    
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Ordu Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Doç. Dr. Gamze YILMAZ Ağrı İbrahim Çeçen Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Makale Türü Açık Erişim Özgün Makale
Makale Alt Türü ESCI dergilerinde yayınlanan tam makale
Dergi Adı Clinical and Experimental Health Sciences
Dergi ISSN 2459-1459 Wos Dergi
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler ESCI
Makale Dili İngilizce
Basım Tarihi 03-2020
Cilt No 10
Sayı 1
Sayfalar 60 / 67
DOI Numarası 10.33808/clinexphealthsci.537141
Makale Linki https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/1015947
Özet
Objective: This study was conducted descriptively so as to determine the relationship between the patient security culture and medical errorattitudes of the nurses.Methods: The population of the study was conducted between 10 August and 25 August 2017 that the data were collected in the hospitalsin the eastern Turkey of 82 nurses working in children’s services. The sampling selection method was not used in this study, but 68 nursesthat were accessed between the dates and that accepted to participate in the study voluntarily were included in the sampling of the study.“Descriptive Information Form” in which the socio-demographic information of the nurses is assessed, “Patient Security Culture Scale (PSCS)”and “Scale of Attitudes towards Medical Errors (SAME)” were used as data collection tools in the study.Results: Nurses received an average score of 3.71±0.27 from PSCS, and an average score of 3.02±0.44 from SAME. A significant relationshipwas determined between the education status of the nurses and their PSCS total score (p<0.05). As a result of the correlation analysis it wasdetermined that there was a positively significant relationship between the PSCS score and SAME scores of the nurses, and as their PSCS scoresincreased, their SAME scored increased aswell.Conclusion:Evaluation of the current status by conducting regular measurements in regard to patient security in institutions and should bemake improvements accordingly. Also, nurses should take responsibility in patient safety and improvement of patient safety culture should bethe main priority of the institutions.
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