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The aim of this study was to determine the effect of patient safety culture on the tendency to make medical errors of nurses. The type of the study was descriptive and cross-sectional. The sample of the study consisted of 320 nurses who met the criteria for participation in the study and completed the data collection form completely. Data were collected between December 2020 and March 2021 using the Nurse Descriptive Characteristics Form, the Patient Safety Culture Scale, and the Medical Error Tendency Scale in Nursing. Data were analyzed by number, percentage distribution, t test, ANOVA, Pearson correlation and linear regression test. The mean age of the nurses was 29.30±7.36 years, 63.8% were female and 36.3% were male. Nurses working in intensive care units were more likely to make medical errors than those working in internal and surgical units, and nurses working in surgical units were more likely to make medical errors than those working in internal units (p<0.05). Nurses with ≥8 patients and female nurses had a higher tendency to make medical errors related to "falls" (p<0.05). It was determined that the tendency to make medical errors increased as the number of patients under care increased (p<0.05) and the tendency to make medical errors decreased as the patient safety culture increased (p<0.001). According to the results of regression analysis, it was determined that patient safety culture had an effect on the tendency to make medical errors (p<0.001) and patient safety culture explained 14.4% of the total variance. As a result, patient safety culture is important in reducing medical errors. Accordingly, it is recommended to develop management attitudes that aim to learn by taking lessons from mistakes, that are not punitive, that aim to find system-related problems in unwanted events, and to improve the working environments of nurses.

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