Safety Work Climate and Performance Limitations among Intensive Care Nurses: A Comparative Study | ||||
| Tanta Scientific Nursing Journal | ||||
| Volume 34, Issue 3, August 2024 PDF (1.56 MB) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/tsnj.2024.380217 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Seham M. Elkaffas1; Seham E. Hamouda2; Safaa A. Zahran3; Heba K. Obeid4 | ||||
| 1Registered Nurse Itay Elbaroud General Hospital, Egypt. 2Master student at Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing, Tanta University, Egypt. | ||||
| 2Professor of Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing, Tanta University, Egypt. | ||||
| 3Assistant Professor of Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing, Tanta University, Egypt | ||||
| 4Professor of Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing, Tanta University, Egypt | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Background: Nurses are striving to introduce safe quality patient care mainly in stressful environments involving intensive care units which could impact the nurses’ perceived workplace safety and affect nurses’ performance. Aim: To assess the safety work climate and performance limitations among intensive care nurses in two settings. Research design: A comparative- correlation design was used. Setting: The study was conducted in intensive care units at Tanta Main University Hospital and Itay Elbaroud General Hospital. Subjects: 216 intensive care nurses were included. Tools: Two tools were used to collect the data; Tool I: Intensive Care Nurses’ Safety Climate Questionnaire. Tool II: Intensive Care Nurses’ Performance Limitations Questionnaire. Results: 50.9% of intensive care nurses at Tanta Main University Hospital and 71.8% of intensive care nurses from Itay Elbaroud General Hospital had low levels of perceived safety work climate. The intensive care nurses who worked at Tanta Main University Hospital faced higher performance limitations (53.91%) than intensive care nurses at Itay Elbaroud General Hospital who faced lower performance limitations (30.61%). Conclusion: There were negative correlations between the total IC nurses’ work safety climate and the total IC nurses’ performance limitations at the two hospitals. Recommendations: The hospital management at both hospitals needs to regularly assess nurses' perceived workplace safety and performance limitations to explore the weaknesses and plan for improvement. | ||||
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