Evaluation of the Relationship Between the Patient Safety Culture and Medical Error Attitudes of the Pediatric Nurses

Objective: This study was conducted descriptively so as to determine the relationship between the patient security culture and medical error attitudes of the nurses. Methods: The population of the study was conducted between 10 August and 25 August 2017 that the data were collected in the hospitals in the eastern Turkey of 82 nurses working in children's services. The sampling selection method was not used in this study, but 68 nurses that were accessed between the dates and that accepted to participate in the study voluntarily were included in the sampling of the study. "Descriptive Information Form" in which the socio-demographic information of the nurses is assessed, "Patient Security Culture Scale (PSCS)" and "Scale of Attitudes towards Medical Errors (SAME)" were used as data collection tools in the study. Results: Nurses received an average score of 3.71 +/- 0.27 from PSCS, and an average score of 3.02 +/- 0.44 from SAME. A significant relationship was determined between the education status of the nurses and their PSCS total score (p<0.05). As a result of the correlation analysis it was determined that there was a positively significant relationship between the PSCS score and SAME scores of the nurses, and as their PSCS scores increased, their SAME scored increased aswell. Conclusion:Evaluation of the current status by conducting regular measurements in regard to patient security in institutions and should be make improvements accordingly. Also, nurses should take responsibility in patient safety and improvement of patient safety culture should be the main priority of the institutions.