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

ABSTRACT:

Background

Unsafe 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.

Methods

Four international online databases were searched to find relevant studies published between 2018 and 2022. Peer-reviewed ar

SUBMITTER: Zaitoun RA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10196295 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature