Nurses’ Perception of Safety Culture in Medical−Surgical Units in Hospitals in Saudi Arabia
Alrasheadi B.A. Alamri M.S. Aljohani K.A. Al-Dossary R. Albaqawi H. Alharbi J. Hosis K.A. Aljohani M.S. Almadani N. Falatah R. Alotaibi J.S. Almazan J.U.
July 2022MDPI
Medicina (Lithuania)
2022#58Issue 7
Introduction: Patient safety captures the essence of the primary principle of medical ethics, primum non nocere, first do no harm; this is an important concern in the health care system. Nurses are indispensable members of this system and are the largest group of health care providers in-volved in the direct delivery of patient care. As an integral part of the health care system, it is important to know nurses’ opinions on patient safety culture. Objectives: First, to evaluate and measure the existing safety culture and safety of patients in medical−surgical wards (MSW) in hospitals lo-cated in the Qassim region, in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Second, to survey the opinion of reg-istered nurses and supervisors/managers about safety culture and issues concerned with safety in hospitals in the region. Materials and Methods: A validated cross-sectional survey, namely the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture (HSOPSC), was used. This survey queried 300 nurses in different MSWs in four hospitals in the Qassim Region. Results: Overall, a positive culture of safety exists in MSWs, with 69% of RNs rating their wards as having great/excellent safety culture. Nota-bly, some participants felt it was problematic that blame was assigned to nurses for reported errors. While 55.9% of participants noted that all errors or narrowly avoided errors had been reported, less than half actually reported errors in the last year. Conclusion: The perceived safety culture was largely positive; however, the results also indicated that a culture of safety comes with some risk and blame.
health care , medical errors , patient care , patient safety
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