NURSES’ PERCEPTION OF SAFETY CULTURE IN MEDICAL SURGICAL UNITS IN HOSPITALS IN SAUDI ARABIA
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Date
2022
Authors
Alrasheadi, Bader A.
Alamri, Majed S.
Aljohani, Khalid A.
AL-Dossary, Reem
Albaqawi, Hamdan
Alharbi, Jalal
Al Hosis, Khaled
Aljohani, Mohammed S.
Almadani, Noura
Falatah, Rawaih
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Medicina
Abstract
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 involved
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 medicalsurgical wards (MSW) in hospitals located in the
Qassim region, in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Second, to survey the opinion of registered 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. Notably, 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.
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Type of access: Open Access, health care, patient safety, patient care, medical errors
Citation
Alrasheadi, B., Alamri, M., Aljohani, K. A., Al-Dossary, R. N., Albaqawi, H. M., Alharbi, J., Hosis, K. A., Aljohani, M. S., Almadani, N., Falatah, R., Alotaibi, J. S., & Almazan, J. U. (2022). Nurses’ Perception of Safety Culture in Medical−Surgical Units in Hospitals in Saudi Arabia. Medicina, 58(7), 897. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina58070897