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Openness to experience, work experience and patient safety
Author(s) -
Chang HaoYuan,
Friesner Daniel,
Lee IChen,
Chu TsungLan,
Chen HuiLing,
Wu WanEr,
Teng ChingI
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of nursing management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.925
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1365-2834
pISSN - 0966-0429
DOI - 10.1111/jonm.12414
Subject(s) - openness to experience , patient safety , nursing management , nursing , work (physics) , medicine , health care , psychology , social psychology , mechanical engineering , engineering , economics , economic growth
Aims The purpose of this study is to examine how the interaction between nurse openness and work experience is related to patient safety. Background No study has yet examined the interactions between these, and how openness and work experience jointly impact patient safety. Methods This study adopts a cross‐sectional design, using self‐reported work experience, perceived time pressure and measures of patient safety, and was conducted in a major medical centre. The sample consisted of 421 full‐time nurses from all available units in the centre. Proportionate random sampling was used. Patient safety was measured using the self‐reported frequency of common adverse events. Openness was self‐rated using items identified in the relevant literature. Results Nurse openness is positively related to the patient safety construct ( B = 0.08, P = 0.03). Moreover, work experience reduces the relation between openness and patient safety ( B = −0.12, P < 0.01). Conclusions The relationship between openness, work experience and patient safety suggests a new means of improving patient care in a health system setting. Implications for nursing management Nurse managers may enhance patient safety by assessing nurse openness and assigning highly open nurses to duties that make maximum use of that trait.