Nurses’ Perceptions of Patient Safety Culture and Evaluation of Organizational Commitment Level

Abstract

This research was carried out to determine nurses' perceptions of patient safety culture and organizational commitment levels, as well as to show the relationship between these two variables. In this descriptive and correlational study, data were collected between May and June 2018 with the participation of 299 nurses working in a public hospital. Turkish versions of surveys titled Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture and Organizational Commitment Scale were used in order to collect data. The data collected was summed using frequencies, percentages, means, and standard deviation. Pearson correlation in comparing categorical data between groups were benefitted in comparative analyses. Nurses’ perception of patient safety culture was at a level that needed improvement (Total average percentage of positive responses 54%). The standards of organizational commitments of the participants were found to be high (4.09±0.85). The association between nurses’ perceptions of patient safety culture and their organizational commitment degrees (r=0.41) were found statistically significant (p≤0.01). As the level of patient safety culture of nurses increases their level of commitment to their institutions also increases. The patient safety culture level of nurses is below the desired level and needs to be improved.. Enhancing the safety culture in hospitals will improve their organizational commitment.