The work environment and empowerment as predictors of patient safety culture in Turkey

DİRİK H. F., SEREN İNTEPELER Ş.

JOURNAL OF NURSING MANAGEMENT, vol.25, no.4, pp.256-265, 2017 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 25 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 2017
  • Doi Number: 10.1111/jonm.12458
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF NURSING MANAGEMENT
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.256-265
  • Keywords: empowerment, patient safety culture, work environment, MAGNET HOSPITAL CHARACTERISTICS, STRUCTURAL EMPOWERMENT, NURSES, SATISFACTION, MORTALITY, QUALITY, CLIMATE, IMPACT, SCALE
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Aim and BackgroundAs scant research based information is available regarding the work environment, empowerment and patient safety culture, this study from a developing country (Turkey) in which health care institutions are in a state of transition, aimed to investigate further the relationships between these three variables.