Journal Published Online: 25 February 2019
Volume 47, Issue 5

A Longitudinal Study of Identifying Critical Variables Influencing Patient Safety Culture from Nurses’ Viewpoints in Taiwan

CODEN: JTEVAB

Abstract

This study uses longitudinal data from a regional teaching hospital in Taiwan to analyze how nurses with different demographic variables perceive patient safety culture from 2010 to 2016. The results show that nurses with different demographic variables have different perceptions of patient safety from year to year. The supervisor/manager is the most essential variable influencing patient safety culture. Nurses who are supervisors/managers are more satisfied in six dimensions from 2010 to 2016. Experience in an organization is identified as the second essential variable to influence the patient safety culture. Nurses who have much experience in an organization tend to have higher satisfaction in five out of six dimensions of patient safety culture from 2012 to 2016 in general. In contrast, nurses who have less than six months of experience in an organization also have better perceptions. In summary, hospital management needs to pay attention to supervisor/manager and experience in an organization factors, both of which have significant impacts on patient safety culture from nurses’ viewpoints.

Author Information

Lee, Yii-Ching
School of Health Policy and Management, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung City, Taiwan
Huang, Chih-Hsuan
School of Business Administration, Hubei University of Economics, Wuhan City, China Institute for Development of Cross-Strait Small and Medium Enterprise, Hubei University of Economics, Wuhan City, China
Wu, Cheng-Feng
School of Business Administration, Hubei University of Economics, Wuhan City, China Institute for Development of Cross-Strait Small and Medium Enterprise, Hubei University of Economics, Wuhan City, China Research Center of Hubei Logistics Development, Hubei University of Economics, Wuhan City, China
Hsueh, Hsiu-Wen
Department of Business Administration, National Changhua University of Education, Changhua, Taiwan Department of Industrial Education and Technology, National Changhua University of Education, Changhua, Taiwan
Wu, Hsin-Hung
Department of Business Administration, National Changhua University of Education, Changhua, Taiwan Department of M-Commerce and Multimedia Applications, Asia University, Taichung City, Taiwan
Pages: 12
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Stock #: JTE20180060
ISSN: 0090-3973
DOI: 10.1520/JTE20180060