The Association of Transformational Leadership on Safety Practices Among Nurses: The Mediating Role of Patient Safety Culture

Background: To ensure best possible patient outcomes, patient safety is a major component of healthcare delivery system that needs to be prioritized. Safety practices among nurses are essential to maintain patient safety, especially the practices of medication administration, handover, patient falls...

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Published inRisk management and healthcare policy Vol. 17; p. 1687
Main Authors Harridan, Mahmoud, Jaaffar, Amar Hisham, Khraisat, Omar, Issa, Marwan Rasmi, Jarrar, Mu'taman
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Dove Medical Press Limited 30.06.2024
Subjects
Care and treatment
Electric utilities
Leadership
Mediation
Medical equipment
Medical research
Medicine, Experimental
Negotiation, mediation and arbitration
Nurses
Nursing
Patients
Physiological apparatus
Surveys
Saudi Arabia
Malaysia
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Summary:Background: To ensure best possible patient outcomes, patient safety is a major component of healthcare delivery system that needs to be prioritized. Safety practices among nurses are essential to maintain patient safety, especially the practices of medication administration, handover, patient falls and unplanned extubations prevention. Purpose: To investigate the mediating effect of patient safety culture between the relationship of transformational leadership and safety practices among nurses. Methods: The data in this cross-sectional study were gathered from a survey targeted clinical nurses using a random sampling technique. The study was conducted in a medical city in Saudi Arabia, and two hundred nurses were surveyed. The Multifactor Leadership, Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture, and Nursing Safety Practice questionnaires were used in the study. Results: The results revealed significant positive associations between transformational leadership, patient safety culture, and nursing safety practices. Moreover, patient safety culture mediates the association between transformational leadership and safety practices among nurses. Conclusion: Enhancing transformational leadership capabilities among nurse managers should be considered in order to improve nursing safety practices. Additionally, patient safety culture should be measured and improved periodically to ensure better nursing safety practices. Keywords: nurses, safety practices, transformational leadership, patient safety, culture
ISSN:1179-1594
1179-1594
DOI:10.2147/RMHRS458505