Predictors of patient safety activities among registered nurses and nurse aides in long-term care facilities: cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In Korea, nurse aides (NAs) are legally permitted as substitutes for registered nurses (RNs) in long-term care (LTC) facilities, even though they have very different levels of education and qualification standards. Many studies in hospitals have shown better hospital nurse staffing, more educated nurses, and improved nurse work environments have been associated with lower hospital mortality and length of stay. There is research showing that a higher percentage of RNs with a bachelor's degree corresponded to lower incidence rates of pressure ulcers in Korean LTC facilities. This study aimed to explore the factors that influence patient safety activities of the RNs and NAs working in LTC facilities and to identify the relationship between patient safety culture (PSC) and p

SUBMITTER: Lee Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9245202 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature