Journal article
Nurse perceptions of safety climate in Australian acute hospitals: A cross-sectional survey
SE Soh, R Morello, S Rifat, C Brand, A Barker
Australian Health Review | CSIRO PUBLISHING | Published : 2017
DOI: 10.1071/AH16172
Abstract
Objectives The aim of the present study was to explore nurse perceptions of safety climate in acute Australian hospitals. Methods Participants included 420 nurses who have worked on 24 acute wards from six Australian hospitals. The Safety Attitudes Questionnaire (SAQ) Short Form was used to quantify nurse perceptions of safety climate and benchmarked against international data. Generalised linear mixed models were used to explore factors that may influence safety climate. Results On average, 53.5% of nurses held positive attitudes towards job satisfaction followed by teamwork climate (50.5%). There was variability in SAQ domain scores across hospitals. The safety climate and perceptions of h..
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Funding Acknowledgements
This work was supported by a grant from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) of Australia (APP1007627). Anna Barker's salary was funded by a Fellowship from the NHMRC (APP1067236) and Renata Morello's salary was supported by a scholarship from the NHMRC (APP1055604). The study could not have been completed without the collaboration and support from the participating hospitals, site clinical leaders and nursing staff.