Factors Relating to a Safety Culture in the University Perinatal Center: The Nurses’ and Midwives’ Perspective

Janina Ribelienė, Jūratė Macijauskienė, Rasa Tamelienė, Aušrelė Kudrevičienė, Irena Nedzelskienė and Aurelija Blaževičienė ()
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Janina Ribelienė: Department of Nursing, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, 44307 Kaunas, Lithuania
Jūratė Macijauskienė: Faculty of Nursing, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, 44307 Kaunas, Lithuania
Rasa Tamelienė: Clinical Department of Neonatology, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, 44307 Kaunas, Lithuania
Aušrelė Kudrevičienė: Clinical Department of Neonatology, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, 44307 Kaunas, Lithuania
Irena Nedzelskienė: Department of Dental and Oral Diseases, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, 44307 Kaunas, Lithuania
Aurelija Blaževičienė: Department of Nursing, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, 44307 Kaunas, Lithuania

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 16, 1-10

Abstract: Background : According to The Joint Commission, a culture of safety is a key component for achieving sustainable and safe health care services, and hospitals must measure and monitor this achievement. Promoting a patient safety culture in health services optimally includes midwifery and nursing. The first aim of this study is to assess the University Perinatal Center’s staff members’ perceptions of safety culture. A second aim is to identify how the perceptions of safety culture actors are related to the socio-demographic characteristic of the respondents. Methods: A descriptive, cross-sectional, correlational design was applied in this study. Registered nurses and midwives were recruited from the University Perinatal Center in Lithuania (N = 233). Safety culture was measured by the Safety Attitudes Questionnaire (SAQ). Results: The mean scores of the responses on the 6 factors of the SAQ ranged from 3.18 (0.46) (teamwork climate) to 3.79 (0.55) (job satisfaction) points. The percentage of positive responses to the SAQ (4 or 5 points on the Likert scale) ranged from 43.2% to 69.0%. The lowest percentage of the respondents provided positive responses to the questions on perception of management and teamwork climate, while the highest percentage of the respondents provided positive responses to the questions on job satisfaction. Perception of management positively correlated with safety climate (r = 0.45, p < 0.01) and working conditions (r = 0.307, p < 0.01). Safety climate positively correlated with job satisfaction (r = 0.397, p < 0.01) and working conditions (r = 0.307, p < 0.01). Job satisfaction positively correlated with working conditions (r = 0.439, p < 0.01). Conclusion: Evaluating the opinions of the safety climate among nurses and midwives who work at the University Perinatal Center showed that teamwork climate and perception of management are weak factors. Therefore, stakeholders should organize more training about patient safety and factors that affect patient safety.

Keywords: patient safety culture; nurse; midwife; Safety Attitudes Questionnaire (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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