Concern and credibility: a factorial survey experiment on nurse judgments and intent to report patient-expressed safety events
These results suggest key motivations for nurse reporting are (a) the degree of concern (perceived importance) of the event and (b) the type of event, with medication errors associated with both greater nurse concern and intent to report. While literature suggests that patient characteristics are directly and indirectly associated with intent to report, our study suggests credibility is not a mitigating factor in that relationship. Overall, our study suggests interventions focusing on nurse judgments of importance may be more effective than those focused on judgments of credibility.
Authors
- Maria Hein (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3544-3480)
- Yelena Perkhounkova (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6315-4873)
- Brad Wright (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2674-4951)
- Patricia S. Groves (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2312-0676)
- Matthew J. Witry (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8381-7224)
- Janice Sabin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2588-9881)
- Amany Farag (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9324-1097)
Institutions
- University of Iowa (US)
- University of Washington Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Nursing
- Published
- 2025-07-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-025-03462-6
- Primary Topic
- Patient Safety and Medication Errors
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities