Determination of Patient Safety Culture Perception in Internal Medicine Clinic Nurses

Objectives: This study was conducted to determine patient safety cultural perception and the factors affecting this perception among internal medicine clinic nurses. Methods: It was conducted descriptively with 90 nurses working in Internal Clinics between January and March 2019. In the study, “Introductory Information Form” and ‘‘the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture’’ were used for data collection. In the analysis of the data, t test, Mann Whitney U test, Kruskal Wallis H test, and Tamhane's Post Hoc test were used. Results: Mean overall scores of patients from Patient Safety Culture Survey were found to be (3.12±0.30). The highest mean score was found in “Teamwork in Units” sub-dimension (3.96±0.18), while the lowest mean score was found in “Hospital Interventions and Change” sub-dimension (2.20±0.32). Conclusions: It was found that nurses had moderate level of patient safety culture perceptions. With training programs on patient safety, nurses’ awareness can be increased and the perception of patient safety culture can be increased to high levels.