Observational studyJournal of nursing management2022
Impact of COVID-19 on professional nursing practice environments and patient safety culture.
Observational study in Journal of nursing management, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.
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- Promoting Positive Nursing Practice Environments: Outcomes of a Randomized Trial in Primary Care.Journal of nursing management · 2026Trial
- Nursing Practice Environments and Professional and Care-Related Outcomes in Portuguese Emergency Services: A Descriptive Study of 2018 and 2022.Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) · 2026Article
- Implementation strategies by leaders and health professionals to improve the safety climate in the operating room: a scoping review.BMJ open · 2026Article
- Healthy Work Environment Assessment Tool - Brazilian version: validity and reliability assessment.Revista brasileira de enfermagem · 2026Article
- Structural Empowerment of Nurses in the Hospital Setting: A Cross-Sectional Study.Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) · 2025Article
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- Authentic Nursing Leadership and Safety Climate Across Hospital Settings During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of advanced nursing · 2025Article
- ENVOLVER+: a tool for the promotion of positive nursing practice environments.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Cross-cultural adaptation and content validation of the Nurses' Professionalism Inventory to the Portuguese context: a methodological study.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Artificial Intelligence in the Organization of Nursing Care: A Scoping Review.Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) · 2024Article
- Development and Validation of the "Program to Promote Positive Nursing Practice Environments": Modified Delphi Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- The present situation of the nursing practice environment and its influence on nursing quality in a post-epidemic era: a cross-sectional study.BMC nursing · 2024Article
- The impact of nursing practice environments on patient safety culture in primary health care: a scoping review.BJGP open · 2024Article
- Longitudinal analysis of culture of patient safety survey results in surgical departments.Frontiers in health services · 2024Article
- Safety climate in the operating room in the pre-pandemic and pandemic period of COVID-19: A mixed method study.PloS one · 2024Article
- Evaluation of professional nursing practice environments in primary health care.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- The impact of nursing practice environments on patient safety culture in primary health care: a scoping review protocol.BJGP open · 2023Article
- Association between the Nursing Practice Environment and Safety Perception with Patient Safety Culture during COVID-19.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- From the first to the fourth critical period of COVID-19: what has changed in nursing practice environments in hospital settings?BMC nursing · 2023Article
- Impact of COVID-19 on professional nursing practice environments and patient safety culture.Journal of nursing management · 2022Observational
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aimTo analyse the impact of COVID-19 on professional nursing practice environments and patient safety culture.
backgroundThe relationship between work environments and patient safety has been internationally recognized. In 2020, the pandemic imposed enormous challenges, yet the impact on these variables remains unknown.
methodThis is a quantitative observational study, conducted in a Portuguese hospital, with 403 registered nurses. A self-completion questionnaire was used.
resultsThe impact on the Structure and Outcome components of nursing professional practice environments was positive. Although the Process component remained favourable to quality of care, a negative trend was confirmed in almost all dimensions. The results regarding safety culture showed weaknesses; 'teamwork within units' was the only dimension that maintained a positive culture.
conclusionPositive responses regarding patient safety were significantly associated with the quality of the nursing professional practice environment. The need to invest in all dimensions of safety culture emerges to promote positive professional environments. IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING MANAGEMENT: Improving professional nursing practice environments can be achieved through managers' investment in the participation and involvement of nurses in the policies and functioning of institutions, as well as promoting an open, fair and participatory safety culture that encourages reporting events and provides adequate support for professionals.
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