title: Critical care nurses' perceptions of patient safety in Turkey.
abstract: This study explored 150 critical care nurses' perceptions of patient safety standards in a selection of private, public, and university hospitals in Turkey. Quality management and patient safety programs were more prevalent in private hospitals. Private hospitals were also more likely to encourage reporting, have error/adverse event reporting systems, and less likely to have a punitive response to reported errors. However, respondents who work in private hospitals work both more hours per week and more hours per day.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Koc University, Nisantasi-Istanbul, Turkey. abadir@ku.edu.tr
authors.forename: Aysel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Badir
authors.forename: Elizabeth A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Herdman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003422:Critical Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019049:Developed Countries; D004647:Employee Discipline; D005260:Female; D016304:Hospitals, Private; D006779:Hospitals, Public; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000451:nursing / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008875:Middle Aged; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology*; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D017751:Safety Management / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014342:Truth Disclosure; D014421:Turkey; D016526:Workload; D055815:Young Adult