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Factors Relating to a Safety Culture in the University Perinatal Center: The Nurses' and Midwives' Perspective
- Source :
- International journal of environmental research and public health 2022, 19, 9845, 10 p.
- Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- According to The Joint Commission, a culture of safety is a key component for achieving sustainable and safe health care services, and hospitals must measure and monitor this achievement. Promoting a patient safety culture in health services optimally includes midwifery and nursing. The first aim of this study is to assess the University Perinatal Center’s staff members’ perceptions of safety culture. A second aim is to identify how the perceptions of safety culture actors are related to the socio-demographic characteristic of the respondents. Methods: A descriptive, cross-sectional, correlational design was applied in this study. Registered nurses and midwives were recruited from the University Perinatal Center in Lithuania (N = 233). Safety culture was measured by the Safety Attitudes Questionnaire (SAQ). Results: The mean scores of the responses on the 6 factors of the SAQ ranged from 3.18 (0.46) (teamwork climate) to 3.79 (0.55) (job satisfaction) points. The percentage of positive responses to the SAQ (4 or 5 points on the Likert scale) ranged from 43.2% to 69.0%. The lowest percentage of the respondents provided positive responses to the questions on perception of management and teamwork climate, while the highest percentage of the respondents provided positive responses to the questions on job satisfaction. Perception of management positively correlated with safety climate (r = 0.45, p
- Subjects :
- Safety Management
Universities
Attitude of Health Personnel
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Nurses
Midwifery
Organizational Culture
Sveikatos priežiūra / Health care
Job Satisfaction
Lietuva (Lithuania)
Cross-Sectional Studies
Pregnancy
Surveys and Questionnaires
Humans
Female
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 16604601 and 16617827
- Volume :
- 19
- Issue :
- 16
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- International journal of environmental research and public health
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....a3ef67f3428d2dcab48f965e72aeea5d