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Attitudes of Nurses Towards Patient Safety Culture and the Factors Affecting Patient Safety: Descriptive Research
Hemşirelerin Hasta Güvenliği Kültürüne İlişkin Tutumları ve Hasta Güvenliğini Etkileyen Faktörler: Tanımlayıcı Araştırma
Tuğba MERTa
aDepartment of Nursing, Ardahan University Faculty of Health Science, Ardahan, Türkiye
Turkiye Klinikleri J Nurs Sci. 2023;15(3):762-71
doi: 10.5336/nurses.2023-95569
Article Language: EN
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Objective: Patient safety, refers to all of measures taken by health professionals working in health institutions to prevent the individuals from being harmed by the care in the delivery of the health services.It was conducted to determine the extent to which nurses working in a university hospital perceive the patient safety culture and to identify the factors that affect these views. Material and Methods: The population consisted of 140 nurses who worked in a university hospital that was completed with 82.9% (n=116) of the population were reached.The data were collected using the ''Questionnaire'' prepared to determine the socio-demographic characteristics of nurses and ''Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture'' developed by Filiz et al. The data were analysed using SPSS 24 programme. Results: It was found that 33.6% (n=39) of the nurses were between the ages of 18-25, 90.5% (n=115) were female, 54.3% (n=63) were married, 73.3% (n=85) were health vocational high school/associate degree graduates, 31% (n=36) had less than 5 years of professional experience, and 28.4% (n=33) of them had a professional experience between 17-27 years, and 65.5% (n=76) of them had less than 5 years of working in the institution. Nurses' perceptions on the patient safety culture were good, with 3.75±0.55 (75 out of 100), while patient safety ratings were excellentin 44.8% (n=52) and very good in 47.4% (n=55). Conclusion: In this study, it was concluded that the perception levels of patient safety culture were greater in those who were female, aged between 34-41 years and had an undergraduate or higher degree, implying that patient safety was more important in these groups.

Keywords: Patient safety; nurse; patient safety culture
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Amaç: Hasta güvenliği; sağlık hizmetleri sunumunda bakımın kişilere vereceği hasarı önleyebilmek amacıyla sağlık kurumlarındaki çalışan sağlık profesyonellerince alınan önlemlerin bütünüdür. Bir üniversite hastanesinde görev yapan hemşirelerin hasta güvenliği kültürünü algılama seviyelerini belirlemek ve bu görüşleri etkileyen faktörleri saptamak amacıyla yapılmıştır. Gereç ve Yöntemler: Araştırmanın evrenini bir üniversite hastanesinde çalışan 140 hemşire oluşturmuş, %82,9'una (n=116) ulaşılarak çalışma tamamlanmıştır. Araştırma verilerinin toplanmasında hemşirelerin sosyodemografik özelliklerini belirlemek amacı ile oluşturulan ''Anket Formu'' ile Filiz ve ark. tarafından geliştirilen ''Hasta Güvenliği Kültürü Hastane Anketi'' kullanılmıştır. Veriler SPSS 24 programı ile analiz edilmiştir. Bulgular: Hemşirelerin, %33,6'sının (n=39) 18-25 yaş aralığında, %90,5'inin(n=115) kadın, %54,3'ünün (n=63) evli, %73,3'ünün (n=85) sağlık meslek lisesi/ön lisans mezunu olduğu, %31'inin(n=36)mesleki deneyimi 5 yıldan az ve %28,4'ünün (n=33) 17-27 yıl arası; kurumda çalışma yılı ise %65,5'inin (n=76) 5 yıldan az olduğu bulunmuştur.Hemşirelerin hasta güvenliği kültür algıları 3,75±0,55 (100 üzerinden 75) ile iyi düzeyde olduğu, hasta güvenliği derecelendirmeleri %44,8 (n=52) mükemmel, %47,4 (n=55) çok iyi olarak bulunmuştur. Sonuç: Bu çalışmada, 34-41 yaş arasında, kadın ve lisans ve üzeri eğitim alan hemşirelerin hasta güvenliği kültürü algılama seviyelerinin daha yüksek olduğu başka bir ifadeyle bu gruplarda hasta güvenliğinin daha fazla önemsendiği sonucuna ulaşılmıştır.

Anahtar Kelimeler: Hasta güvenliği; hemşire; hasta güvenliği kültürü
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