중소병원 간호사의 안전문화인식, 간호근무환경, 전문직 자아개념이 환자안전간호활동에 미치는 영향

• Published in: 보건정보통계학회지 Vol. 47; no. 1; pp. 66 - 73
• Main Authors: 조영옥, Young Ok Cho, 김명수, Myoung Soo Kim
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Korean
• Published: 한국보건정보통계학회 28.02.2022
• Subjects: Environment; Nurses; Patient safety; Safety culture; Self-concept; 예방의학
• ISSN: 2465-8014; 2465-8022
• DOI: 10.21032/jhis.2022.47.1.66

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate the influencing factors of perceived safety culture, nursing work environment, and professional self-concept on patient safety care activities of nurse in small-medium sized hospitals. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was used. Participants were 186 nurses in seven small-medium sized hospitals of a metropolitan city, in Korea. Data were analyzed using multiple linear regression analysis. Results: The influencing factors of the patient safety care activities were perceived patient safety culture and professional self-concept. These two factors explained for 15.1% of the patient safety acre activities. Conclusions: Based on the result of this study, it is necessary to build a good patient safety culture and to develop a positive professional self-concept. The establishment of a positive safety culture should be prioritized to quickly recognized and sensitively accept problems related to patient safety and actively carry out patient safety nursing activity. In order to improve the professional self-concept, it is necessary to increase the social performance for voluntary cooperation and to recognize the self-categorization that the group to which one belongs is distinguished from other groups.