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ArticleBMC nursing2023

Clinical nurse competence and its effect on patient safety culture: a systematic review.

Rasha Abu Zaitoun, Nizar B Said, Lila de Tantillo

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Article in BMC nursing, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 59 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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59 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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3 authors.

Rasha Abu ZaitounHead of the Continuing Nursing Education, nursing department, An Najah National University Hospital, Nablus, Palestine. rasha.zaitoun@najah.edu.
Nizar B SaidDepartment of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, An Najah National University, Nablus, Palestine.
Lila de TantilloKeigwin School of Nursing, Jacksonville University, Brooks Rehabilitation College of Healthcare Sciences, 2800 University Boulevard North, Jacksonville, FL, 32211 904.256.8955, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundUnsafe health practices are one of the leading causes of disability and even death. Competent nurses are crucial to ensure safe and high-quality healthcare services. The patient safety culture is concerned with internalizing safety beliefs, values, and attitudes, translating them into healthcare practices, and committing to maintaining an error-free health environment. A high level of competence ensures the achievement and compliance with the safety culture goal. This systematic review aims to identify the relationship between the level of nursing competence and the safety culture score and perception among nurses at their workplace.

methodsFour international online databases were searched to find relevant studies published between 2018 and 2022. Peer-reviewed articles using quantitative methods, targeting nursing staff, and written in English were included. After reviewing 117 identified studies, 16 full-text studies were included. The PRISMA 2020 checklist for systematic reviews was used.

resultsEvaluation of the studies indicates safety culture, competency, and perception were assessed using various instruments. Safety culture was generally perceived as positive. No unique and standard tool has been developed to investigate the effect of safety competency on the perception of the safety culture in a standardized way.

conclusionsExisting research provides evidence of a positive correlation between nursing competence and patient safety score. Future research is recommended to investigate ways to measure the effect of nursing competency level on safety culture in healthcare institutions.

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Nursing competencePatient safetySafety culture

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PMID37208727
PMCPMC10196295

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