Patient safety and evidence-based nursing practice environment public institution in the province of Chubut, Argentina

Abstract

Background: Patient safety, as a key aspect of quality of care, has become a priority aim of quality management in health systems.Aim: to analyze the relationship between patient safety and the evidence-based nursing practice environment.Methods: cross-sectional study, in 72 nursing professionals working in a public hospital in Chubut. The Nursing Works Index Nursing Practice Environment Scale and the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture were used.Results: The survey included 73.6 % women and 26.4 % men, with an average age of 41.1 years (± 7.6), ranging from 29 to 60 years. Fifty percent of the sample had a professional nursing degree, 41.7% had a bachelor's degree in nursing and 8.3% had a master's degree. When analyzing the correlation between HSOPSC score and NWI nursing practice environment, a significant correlation was found (r=0.4984; P<0.0001). Conclusions: The patient safety culture is in average indicators, in this sense it is necessary to carry out improvement actions on systematic approaches to errors, in professional teams and in administration, are priorities to strengthen patient safety in the hospital. A statistically significant positive correlation was found, which means that the better the evidence-based nursing practice environment, the greater the patient safety culture.

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