Study on patient safety culture among clinical nursing staff in our hospital

Objective To investigate the status of clinical nursing staff's patient safety culture and provide reference for improving patient safety.Methods A cross-sectional survey was conducted and 580 clinical nurses were investigated with a self-designed questionnaire.Results The mean score of patient safety culture was(3.83±0.38).The eight dimensions arrayed according their scores from the highest to the lowest were head nurses' participation,continuous improvement,teamwork,support of hospital management,openning communication,nurses' executive force,reporting frequency of adverse event and fear of blame.Significant differences were found among the clinical nursing staff in different departments(P0.05).Conclusion The overall status of patient safety culture is in the positive level.The blame culture is still the biggest barrier in the process of nurturing patient safety culture.Nursing administrators need to enhance patient safety culture from many aspects,such as changing the concept of current security management.