Abstract

MELENDEZ MENDEZ, Concepción et al. NURSING STAFF PERCEPTION TOWARDS A CULTURE OF SAFETY IN A PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL IN MÉXICO. Rev Cuid [online]. 2014, vol.5, n.2, pp.774-781. ISSN 2216-0973.  https://doi.org/10.15649/cuidarte.v5i2.92.

Introduction: Patient safety is an issue that in recent years has shown full development. Since 2004, the World Health Organization (WHO) created the World Alliance for Patient Safety. The alliance promotes awareness and political commitment to improve the safety of care and support to member states in the formulation of policies and practices for patient safety worldwide. Objective: To determine the strengths and opportunities for improvement to the safety culture available to the nursing staff working in the various departments and shifts of the Mexico Hospital of Pediatrics and the overall degree of perceived safety. Materials and Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional design in a sample of 247 nurses from the pediatric hospital. Results: The mean age of respondents was 49 years, 91% were women and 70 were general nurses, the dimensions rated as strengths were four, and eight of the twelve were rated as opportunities for improvement, they scored the overall level of safety as 7-8, which means ‘very good'. Discussion: The results of the study differ from those reported by several authors as they reported in their research as strength dimensions those which in this study were rated as an opportunity for improvement and are similar to those reported by other authors in regard to the adverse event reporting and staffing, which in this study also were rated as strengths. Conclusions: The nursing staff considers the strengths available in the hospital as few and missing many things to improve to ensure patient safety.

Keywords : Safety; Culture; Perception.

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