J Korean Clin Nurs Res.  2019 Apr;25(1):98-105. 10.22650/JKCNR.2019.25.1.98.

Influence of Professionalism and Organizational Communication on Patient Safety Culture of Nurses in Hemodialysis Units

• Jung SJ
• Jeong JH

• KMID: 2447700
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.22650/JKCNR.2019.25.1.98

Abstract

PURPOSE
The study was conducted to investigate correlation between professionalism, organizational communication the and patient safety culture of nurses in hemodialysis units and verify factors that affect patient safety culture.
METHODS
Data were collected from 109 nurses working in hemodialysis units located in Seoul and Gyeonggi-do. collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics including t-test, one-way ANOVA, Pearson correlation coefficient and stepwise multiple regression with the SPSS 21.0 program.
RESULTS
The Professionalism of participants was significantly correlated with patient safety culture while the Organizational communication was also correlated with patient safety culture. Factors influencing participants' patient safety culture included professionalism, organizational communication, employment history in current hospital, and the number of patients per nurse. These factors explained 57.8% of patient safety culture.
CONCLUSION
The research findings suggest that in order to increase the awareness of patient safety culture of nurses in hemodialysis units, strategic efforts are needed to enhance professionalism and organizational communication satisfaction of nurses in hemodialysis units.

Keyword

Hemodialysis; Nurses; Professionalism; Communication; Patient Safety

MeSH Terms

Employment
Gyeonggi-do
Humans
Patient Safety*
Professionalism*
Renal Dialysis*
Seoul