J Korean Acad Nurs Adm.  2018 Sep;24(4):307-318. 10.11111/jkana.2018.24.4.307.

Factors Influencing Patient Safety Nursing Activities of Nurses in Long-term Care Hospitals

• Moon JH
• Yoon SH

• KMID: 2421699
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.11111/jkana.2018.24.4.307

Abstract

PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to identify factors influencing patient safety nursing activities of nurses working in long-term care hospitals.
METHODS
The participants were 126 nurses working in 8 long-term care hospitals in B city. Data were collected from June 26 to July 10, 2017. SPSS/WIN 23.0 was used for analysis with t-test, ANOVA, Scheffé test, Pearson correlation coefficients, and hierarchical multiple regression.
RESULTS
The factors influencing patient safety nursing activities in participants were general characteristics, career in present long-term care hospital, (β=−.23, p=.008), safety control (β=.29, p=.002) and intention to report (β=.19, p=.037); on the personal side, informal communication (β=−.31, p=.005) for the organizational side. These factors contributed 39% of the total variance in patient safety nursing activities.
CONCLUSION
In the organizational dimension of long-term care hospital, formal communication channels should be strengthened to officially direct or report patient safety rather than using informal communication. In order to improve the sense of safety control, which is a personal side of long-term care hospital nurses, it is necessary to provide awareness and education about the continuous safety control and positively prepare the reporting atmosphere to increase long-term care hospital nurses' intention to report.

Keyword

Attitude; Communication; Health; Patient safety

MeSH Terms

Atmosphere
Education
Humans
Intention
Long-Term Care*
Nursing*
Patient Safety*

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