Patient Safety Culture Scale in Medication Administration: A Scale Development Study

BACKGROUND/AIMS: Patient safety is an essential concept in all stages of patient care. The aim of this study was to develop the "Patient Safety Culture Scale in Medication Administration" as an assessment tool for safe drug administration, which is a very important concept in patient safety culture. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This scale-development study was conducted with nurses working in a research hospital in Turkey. An item pool of 45 items was created by the researchers and presented to the experts. In line with expert opinions, an initial scale with 36 items was obtained by excluding 9 items. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses, test-retest reliability, and internal consistency analyses were used as the statistical methods. RESULTS: In this study, a scale was developed to determine the importance that nurses attach to patient safety during drug administration. The final version of the scale comprises 14 items under 3 subscales. The subscales were chosen as "importance, caution, dedication" in order to help define the culture. CONCLUSION: It can be asserted that the "Patient Safety Culture Scale in Medication Administration" has strong levels of validity and reliability in the assessment. It was observed that the developed scale model is theoretically and statistically appropriate and a valid and reliable assessment tool.