PATIENT SAFETY CULTURE AMONG NURSES IN MEDICAL MISSION GROUP HOSPITAL AND HEALTH SERVICES COOPERATIVE OF TAGUM: BASIS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF ENHANCED PATIENT SAFETY PLAN

Abstract

Patient safety is one of the major responsibilities of a nurse in any healthcare setting. However, to keep this responsibility effective, one must go back to its roots- their patient safety culture. The strength and weaknesses of one’s safety culture would affect the type of care rendered. This led the researcher to conduct a study using a descriptive-survey method in order to identify the extent of the patient safety culture among the 109 staff nurses in Medical Mission Group Hospital and Health Services Cooperative of Tagum. Using the universal sampling technique, data were gathered and statistically analyzed using Frequency, Percentage, Mean, ANOVA and t-test. The results revealed that majority of the research participants belonged to the age group 31 to 40 years old, however, 42.9 percent of the total respondents had only less than two years in service at the studied hospital. Furthermore, among the patient safety composites, only the communication and reporting of safety events had a high Mean score and which suggests that patient safety is most of the time observed in these areas. On the other hand, with the total Mean score of 3.33, the respondents were neutral with how they perceived patient safety in terms of their work area or unit, their supervisor, managers, or clinical leaders as well as their hospital. Moreover, when tested according to their demographical data, the result shows that there is no significant difference in their perceived patient safety culture when grouped according to age, length of service, level of education, and area of assignment. With these results, a patient safety plan was made as a recommendation based on this study’s findings.