Study on the influence of patient safety culture on the pain and turnover intention of Chinese nurses in adverse nursing events

Nurs Open. 2023 Oct;10(10):6866-6874. doi: 10.1002/nop2.1936. Epub 2023 Jul 12.

Abstract

Aim: Exploring the influence of patient safety culture on nurses' pain and turnover intention the job as a second victim.

Design: The study employed a cross-sectional design.

Methods: From July 2020 to August 2020, a convenience sampling method was used to select 1525 clinical nurses from hospitals of different levels in Shandong Province as the research subjects, and the general data survey method, patient safety culture scale and the assessment entries on pain in the second victim experience and support scale, using a convenience sampling method.

Results: Patient safety culture is an influencing factor that affects the second-victim pain and turnover intention. Among them, the non-punitive response to errors, open communication, cooperation between different departments, organizational learning and promotion has a statistically significant influence on the second-victim pain and turnover intention.

Keywords: influencing factors; nurse; patient safety culture; second victim; turnover intention.

MeSH terms

  • China
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • East Asian People
  • Humans
  • Intention
  • Job Satisfaction*
  • Nurses / psychology
  • Nurses / statistics & numerical data
  • Nursing Staff, Hospital* / psychology
  • Nursing Staff, Hospital* / statistics & numerical data
  • Organizational Culture*
  • Pain
  • Patient Safety*
  • Personnel Turnover*
  • Psychological Distress
  • Safety Management*