Nurse-Patient/Relatives Conflict and Patient Safety Competence Among Nurses.

ABSTRACT: Nurse-patient/relatives conflicts may adversely impact the well-being and work performance of nurses, which could prelude to the possibility of unwanted errors thereby threatening patient safety. This descriptive and cross-sectional study aimed to examine the association between nurses' perceived nurse-patient/family conflicts and their perceived patient safety (PS) competence. Nurse-patient/relatives conflicts are critical issues that may adversely impact the nurses' well-being, which could prelude to unwanted errors, thereby threatening PS. The study surveyed 320 nurses in Saudi Arabia using the "Healthcare Conflict Scale" and "Health Professional Education in Patient Safety Survey" from December 2019 to January 2020. The subscale "mistrust of motivations" was perceived to have the great

SUBMITTER: Alshehry AS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9016524 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature