Do Safety Culture Scores in Nursing Homes Depend on Job Role and Ownership? Results from a National Survey.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To identify facility- and individual-level predictors of nursing home safety culture.

Design

Cross-sectional survey of individuals within facilities.

Setting

Nursing homes participating in the national Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Safety Program for Long-Term Care: Healthcare-Associated Infections/Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections Project.

Participants

Responding nursing home staff (N = 14,177) from 170 (81%) of 210 participating facilities.

Measurements

Staff responses to the Nursing Home Survey on Patient Safety Culture (NHSOPS), focused on five domains (teamwork, training and skills, communication openness, supervisor expectations, organizational learning) and individual respondent characteristics (occupation, tenur

SUBMITTER: Banaszak-Holl J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5835315 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature