Open AccessThe effect of patient safety culture on nurses’ near-miss reporting intention: the moderating role of perceived severity of near misses
Author(s) -
Yi Yang,
Huaping Liu
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of research in nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.365
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1744-988X
pISSN - 1744-9871
DOI - 10.1177/1744987120979344
Subject(s) - near miss , patient safety , safety culture , medicine , psychology , confounding , health care , forensic engineering , management , pathology , engineering , economics , economic growth
Reporting near misses is a practical approach to improve the confounding challenge of patient safety. Evidence suggests that patient safety culture and the characteristics of errors might have important impacts on reporting. No studies, however, have examined the relationships among patient safety culture, perceived severity of near misses and near-miss reporting.