Patient safety culture from nursing staff perception

• Autores: Larico Peralta, Yeny, Rosas Itucayasia, Marzy Liliana, Karimen Jetzabel Mutter Cuellar, Karimen Jetzabel Mutter Cuellar
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2021
• Institución: Universidad Nacional Jorge Basadre Grohmann
• Repositorio: Revistas - Universidad Nacional Jorge Basadre Grohmann
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:revistas.unjbg.edu.pe:article/1048
• Enlace del recurso: https://revistas.unjbg.edu.pe/index.php/rmb/article/view/1048
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: centro quirúrgico; cultura de seguridad; personal de enfermería; centro cirúrgico; cultura de segurança; pessoal de enfermagem; nursing staff; surgical center; security culture

Objective: To determine the patient’s safety culture from the perception of nursing staff in a surgical center service. Material and methods: Quantitative, nonexperimental, descriptive, cross-sectional study. The study was conducted in 15 nursing graduates and 12 nursing technicians who work in the Surgical Center of the Hipólito Unanue Hospital in Tacna, Peru. A questionnaire with informed consent was applied. The statistical package SPSS was used to process the information. Results: The best characteristic in nurses was contact with the patient (92 %). In terms of dimensions, for most indicators the results were neutral (mid-point). Specifically in the dimension of culture of communication, in the culture of security, safety at the level of service and safety culture at the level of the hospital. Conclusion: The best feature presented by the nurses of the Surgical Center Service is the approach to the patient with 92.6 % and in terms of indicators of the dimensions of the patient safety culture is positive organizational learning by 63 %.