Patient Safety climate in Emergency Departments of West Bank Hospitals: Nursing perspective رسالة ماجستير

Abstract

Background: The climate for patient safety has been recognized as a key determinant for improving hospital safety. An important part of safety climate management is the description of workforce perceptions of the patient safety climate. Objective: The main purpose of this study is to assess the relationship between nurses ' socio-demographic and profile work and the patient safety climate in West Bank's hospitals and Secondary objectives of the study to assess the current status of emergency departments as a first step to improving its safety climate and to identify factors associated with patient safety climate. Design: A cross-section, non-interventional, descriptive study conducted in the emergency departments of the West Bank (government and private) hospitals. All Government and private hospitals in the West Bank. All nursing work in emergency department. Result: The overall mean of positive responses was 51.87. From statistical analysis, a strong association between safety climate and each of age, experience and job title of nurses who work in emergency department were demonstrated. Age became a great predictor of patient safety climate