title: The reasons of the nursing staff to notify adverse events.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This research aimed to understand the motivation for reporting adverse events from the perspective of nursing staff in the work environment.
  
  
  METHODS
  Qualitative study that used the phenomenology of Alfred Schutz for reference, which offers a systematic approach to understand the social aspects of human action. Data were collected by open interviews with 17 nurses and 14 technicians/assistant nurses in a university hospital.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Motivation was revealed through six categories: all types of occurrences must be reported; the incident report is an auxiliary instrument to health care provision management; the culture of punishment in transition; nurses as the agents responsible for voluntary reporting; sharing problems with higher management and achieving quality in the work process.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It was unveiled that, when reporting adverse events, team members perceived themselves to be in a collaborative relationship with the institution and trusted that they would receive administrative support and professional security, which encouraged them to continue reporting. Reporting allows health care professionals to share responsibilities with managers and encourages corrective actions.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The study revealed the nursing staff's motivation for adverse event reporting, contributing to reflections on institutional policies aimed at patient safety in health care.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermagem, Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu, Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho, Botucatu, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Miriam Cristina Marques da Silva
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: de Paiva
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermagem, Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu, Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho, Botucatu, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Regina Célia
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Popim
authors.affiliation: Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Marta Maria
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Melleiro
authors.affiliation: Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Daisy Maria Rizatto
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Tronchim
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermagem, Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu, Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho, Botucatu, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Silvana Andréa Molina
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Lima
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermagem, Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu, Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho, Botucatu, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Carmen Maria Casquel Monti
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Juliani
mesh_terms: D024802:Nurse's Role; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital; D012308:Risk Management