The courage to speak out: A study describing nurses' attitudes to report unsafe practices in patient care

• Published in: Journal of nursing management Vol. 27; no. 6; pp. 1176 - 1181
• Main Authors: Cole, Donna A., Bersick, Eileen, Skarbek, Anita, Cummins, Kathleen, Dugan, Kendra, Grantoza, Rosalie
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Hindawi Limited 01.09.2019
• Subjects: Acute services; Adult; Advocacy; Attitude of Health Personnel; Attitudes; Bravery; Courage; Critical incidents; Culture; Fear & phobias; Female; Hospitals; Humans; Leadership; Male; Medical malpractice; Middle Aged; Near misses; Nurses; Nursing; Nursing administration; Occupational Health; Organizational Culture; Organizational support; patient advocacy; Patient Advocacy - psychology; Patient Advocacy - standards; Patient safety; Patients; Professional associations; registered nurses; Risk Management - standards; Surveys and Questionnaires; Unsafe; Whistleblowing; Willingness; Workplace - psychology; Workplace - standards; workplace factors; Workplaces; United States > US; patient advocacy; registered nurses; workplace factors

Aim To identify workplace factors that influence patient advocacy among registered nurses (RNs) and their willingness to report unsafe practices. Background A prior study by Black illustrated that 34% of respondents were aware of conditions that may have caused patient harm but had not reported the...