Abstract:

The aim of this study was to determine the Patient Safety Culture Perception (PSCP) of the surgery nurses working in the hospitals in Afyonkarahisar and to examine of relationship between PSCP and sociodemographic characteristics. Total of 121 nurses working in the surgery units of the hospitals in Afyonkarahisar participated in this survey. This study, may be defined as a descriptive study by revealing the current status about patient safety culture. “Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture” questionnaire is used to collect data. In the study, frequency, percentage mean, standard deviation, independent samples t test and one way ANOVA were used for data analysis. It was found that the general perception of the nurses on all the subscales of the Patient Safety Culture (PSC) was at medium level. However in all other subscales, nurses in government hospitals and University graduated nurses have more negative perception than nurses working in private hospitals and high school graduated nurses accordingly. It was defined that the understanding and perception of the nurses for reporting, communication and your work area/unit who are 20 years old or younger was relatively higher than the others. In conclusion, the PSCP levels of surgery nurses were at medium levels according to this study.

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