Document Type
Journal Article
Publication Title
Healthcare
Publisher
MDPI
School
School of Medical and Health Sciences
RAS ID
31400
Abstract
Background: The attitudes of doctors and nurses toward patient safety represent a significant contributing factor to hospital safety climates and medical error rates. Yet, there are very few studies of patient safety attitudes in Saudi hospitals and none conducted in hospital emergency departments. Aims: The current study aims to investigate and compare the patient safety attitudes of doctors and nurses in a Saudi hospital emergency department. Materials and Method: The study employed a qualitative research design via semi-structured interviews with Saudi and non-Saudi doctors and nurses working in a Saudi hospital emergency department to determine their attitudes and experiences about the patient safety climate. Results: Findings revealed doctors and nurses held some similar safety attitudes, however, nurses reported issues with doctors with respect to their teamwork, communication, and patient safety attitudes. Moreover, several barriers to the patient safety climate were identified, including limits to resources, teamwork, communication, and incident reporting. Conclusion: The findings provide one of the few research contributions to knowledge regarding the patient safety attitudes of Saudi and non-Saudi doctors and nurses and suggest the application of such knowledge would enhance positive patient outcomes in emergency departments.
DOI
10.3390/healthcare7010044
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Comments
Alzahrani, N., Jones, R., & Abdel-Latif, M. E. (2019, March). Attitudes of doctors and nurses toward patient safety within emergency departments of a Saudi Arabian hospital: a qualitative study. In Healthcare (Vol. 7, No. 1, p. 44). Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute.
https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare7010044