J Korean Acad Nurs Adm.  2022 Sep;28(4):382-392. 10.11111/jkana.2022.28.4.382.

Association of Job Crafting and Perception of Patient Safety Culture with Patient Safety Management Activities among Hospital Nurses

• Kim JS
• Kim JS

• KMID: 2536047
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.11111/jkana.2022.28.4.382

Abstract

Purpose
This study aimed to examine the association of job crafting and perception of patient safety culture with patient safety management activities among hospital nurses.
Methods
This study used a questionnaire that contained the scales of Job Crafting, Patient Safety Culture, and Patient Safety Management Activities. The participants were 211 nurses from two hospitals. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, correlations and simultaneous multiple regression.
Results
The mean scores of the variables were as follows: job crafting, 3.42 out of 5; perception of patient safety culture, 3.77 out of 5; and patient safety management activities, 4.30 out of 5. The items ‘using professional autonomy’ of job crafting and ‘patient safety knowledge/attitude’ and ‘teamwork’ of patient safety culture were associated with the patient safety management activities among nurses.
Conclusion
Nurses’ patient safety knowledge and attitude of striving for patient safety influenced nurses’ patient safety management activities. To enhance nurses’ patient safety knowledge and attitude, hospitals should develop continuously provide education programs. Nurse managers need to strive for supportive teamwork and encourage adherence to patient safety rules. For nurses’ patient safety management activities, nurse education should highlight nursing as a profession that entails autonomous nursing care, which includes responsibility for patient safety.

Keyword

Patient safety; Management activities; Safety culture; Professional autonomy