AN INVESTIGATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SAFETY CLIMATE AND MEDICATION ERRORS AS WELL AS OTHER NURSE AND PATIENT OUTCOMES

Safety climate has been shown to be associated with a number of important organizational outcomes. In this study, we take a broad view of safety climate—one that includes not only the development and adherence to safety protocols, but also open and constructive responses to errors—and investigate co...

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Published in:Personnel psychology 2006-12, Vol.59 (4), p.847-869
Main Authors: HOFMANN, DAVID A., MARK, BARBARA
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Correlation analysis
Discriminant analysis
Health care delivery
Hospitals
Hypotheses
Injuries
Investigations
Job Satisfaction
Medical errors
Nurses
Organization development
Organizational Climate
Patient safety
Patient satisfaction
Security (Psychology)
Social Environment
Studies
Urinary tract diseases
Urinary tract infections
Urogenital system
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Summary:Safety climate has been shown to be associated with a number of important organizational outcomes. In this study, we take a broad view of safety climate—one that includes not only the development and adherence to safety protocols, but also open and constructive responses to errors—and investigate correlates within the health care industry. Drawing on a random, national sample of hospitals, the results revealed that safety climate predicted medication errors, nurse back injuries, urinary tract infections, patient satisfaction, patient perceptions of nurse responsiveness, and nurse satisfaction. As hypothesized, the relationship between safety climate and both medication errors and back injuries was moderated by the complexity of the patient conditions on the unit. Specifically, the effect of the overall safety climate of the unit was accentuated when dealing with more complex patient conditions.
ISSN:0031-5826
1744-6570
DOI:10.1111/j.1744-6570.2006.00056.x