title: [Patient safety management from the perspective of nurses].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the actions of patient safety management developed in hospitals, from the perspective of nurses.
  
  
  METHODS
  This is a cross-sectional, descriptive study of the survey type. Participants were seven hospitals, in which seven nurse managers and 49 sector coordinator nurses (n = 56) answered the instrument prepared by the author.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The results showed that 100% of hospitals have an adverse event reporting system, 71.4% have a Risk Management Committee and 80% have discussions about the events. There is agreement that these discussions lead to favorable changes for patient safety in the surveyed institutions. The employees' fear of punishment for their faults, and the underreporting of events were the aspects of greatest weakness found.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The institutions should develop organizational policies focused on stimulating event notification and on the implementation of measures directed to a non-punitive organizational culture.
authors.affiliation: Grupo São Lucas, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Lucilena
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Françolin
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing of Ribeirão Preto, Department of General and Specialized Nursing, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Carmen Silvia
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Gabriel
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing of Ribeirão Preto, Department of General and Specialized Nursing, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bernardes
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Nursing, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, GO, Brazil.
authors.forename: Ana Elisa Bauer de Camargo
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing of Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Maria de Fatima Paiva
authors.initials: Mde F
authors.lastname: Brito
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Nursing, Centro Universitário Barão de Mauá, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Juliana Pereira
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Machado
mesh_terms: D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009729:Nursing; D061214:Patient Safety; D017751:Safety Management / Q000592:standards; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires