英文摘要 |
Nurses’ perception of patient safety climate closely related to their safety behavior. In order to promote nurses’ safety behavior of patient care, we performed a survey about nurses’ perception of patient safety climate. The study was carried out in a general hospital located in central Taiwan. The Safety Attitude Questionnaire created by Sexton, Thomas, and Helmreich was used as a measurement instrument. Four hundred and fifty-eight register nurses who had passed the probation stage were eligible for enrollment. The mean score of the patient safety climate was about 58.14. In six subscales, nurses scored the highest in team climate, and lowest in stress cognition. Factors affect nurses’ perception of patient safety climate included nurses’ age and their specialty. Nurses who worked at operation room, emergency room and intensive care unit scored the lowest of patient safety climate. Age was significantly associated with nurses’ perception of patient safety climate. Staff who were older, senior, or in management level tend to score higher on patient safety climate. Even in the same organization, nurses had different perception of patient safety climate. In order to enhance nurses’ whole perception of patient safety climate, the authors suggest that managers should improve the nurses’ recognition of stress events, and pay more attention to the nurses whose perception of patient safety climate was negative. |