|
KMID : 0614820190250020063
|
|
Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration
2019 Volume.25 No. 2 p.63 ~ p.72
|
|
|
A Structural Equation Model of Nurses’ Patient Safety Management Activities
|
|
Park Hyeon-Hee
Kim Souk-Young
|
|
|
Abstract
|
|
|
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to build and test a model outlining the factors related to nurses’ patient safetymanagement activities. The exogenous variables were personal factor, job factor and organizational support. Theendogenous factors were safety-related recognition, patient safety culture and patient safety management activities.
Methods: A survey using a structured questionnaire was conducted among 500 nurses in Korea. The collected datawere analyzed using PASW Statistics 18.0 and AMOS 20.0 programs.
Results: Personal factors, job factors, safety-related recognition, and patient safety culture significantly affected nurses’ patient safety management activities.
Conclusion: These results suggest that patient safety accidents can be prevented by increasing the safety cultureand safety related recognition. To improve the safety culture and safety related recognition, measures should betaken to reduce the turnover rate of career nurses and provide sufficient manpower allocation, education and policies.
|
|
|
KEYWORD
|
|
|
Patient safety, Safety management, Organizational culture, Nurses
|
|
|
FullTexts / Linksout information
|
|
  
|
|
|
Listed journal information
|
|
 
|