RT Journal Article
T1 Patient-Safety Culture among Emergency and Critical Care Nurses in a Maternal and Child Department
A1 Jebuni Fuseini, Abdul-Karim
A1 Martins Teixeira da Costa, Emilia
A1 Sabino de Matos, Filomena Adelaide
A1 Merino Godoy, María Ángeles
A1 Gamboa Martins Nave, Filipe Jorge
AB The quality of healthcare has multiple dimensions, but the issue of patientsafety stands out due to the impact it has on health outcomes, particularly on the achievement of theSustainable Development Goals (SDGs), expressly SDG3. In the services that we propose to study, thepatient-safety culture had never been evaluated. Aim: To evaluate nurses’ perceptions of the patientsafety culture in the Emergency and Critical Care Services of the Maternal and Child Department of aUniversity Hospital and to identify strengths, vulnerabilities, and opportunities for improvement.Methods: This an exploratory, cross-sectional study with a quantitative approach, using the HospitalSurvey on Patient Safety Culture as an instrument for data collection. The population were all nursesworking in the emergency and critical care services of the maternal and child-health department,constituted, at the time of writing, by 184 nurses, with a response rate of 45.7%. Results: Applyingthe guidelines from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), only teamwork withinunits had a score greater than 75%. For this reason, it is considered the strength (fortress) in thestudy. The lowest-rated were non-punitive responses to errors and open communication. Conclusion:The overall average percentage score is below the benchmark of the AHRQ, indicating that issue ofpatient safety is not considered a high priority, or that the best strategies to make it visible have notyet been found. One of the important implications of this study is the opportunity to carry out a deepreflection, within the organization, that allows the development of a non-punitive work environmentthat is open to dialogue, and that allows the provision of safe nursing care
PB MDPI
SN 2227-9032 (electrónico)
YR 2023
FD 2023-10
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10272/22616
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10272/22616
LA eng
NO Fuseini, A.-K. J., Teixeira da Costa, E. I. M., Matos, F. A. S. de, Merino-Godoy, M.-A., & Nave, F. (2023). Patient-Safety Culture among Emergency and Critical Care Nurses in a Maternal and Child Department. In Healthcare (Vol. 11, Issue 20, p. 2770). MDPI AG. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11202770
NO This research received no external funding. The present investigation was developedwithin the scope of the Erasmus Mundus Master Course in Emergency and Critical Care Nursing, atthe University of Algarve
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
RD 15 jul 2026