title: Iranian nurses perspectives on assessment of safe care: an exploratory study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the perspectives and experiences of nurse instructors and clinical nurses regarding the assessment of safe nursing care and its components in clinical practice.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  Safe nursing care is a key aspect of risk management in the healthcare system. The assessment of safe nursing care and identification of its components are primary steps to establish patient safety and risk management and enhance the quality of care in clinical practice.
  
  
  METHODS
  This was an interview study, with qualitative content analysis. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 16 nurse instructors and clinical nurses including nurse managers chosen by purposive sampling based on theoretical saturation. Data collection and analysis were carried out simultaneously until data saturation was reached.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Data analysis led to the extraction of four main themes: holistic assessment of safe nursing care; team working and assessment of safe nursing care; ethical issues; and challenges of safe nursing care assessment.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Identifying these four components in the assessment of safe nursing care offers a contribution to the understanding of the elements of safe care assessment and the potential for improved patient safety.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Safe care management requires the accurate and reliable assessment of safe nursing care and the need for strategies for reporting actual or potential unsafe care and errors to ensure patient safety.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Nursing & Midwifery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Farnoosh
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rashvand
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Nursing & Midwifery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Mahvash
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Salsali
authors.affiliation: Behavioral Sciences Research Center, Nursing Faculty of Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Abbas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ebadi
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Professional Studies, University of Nordland, Bodø, Norway.
authors.forename: Mojtaba
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vaismoradi
authors.affiliation: College of Human and Health Sciences, Swansea University, Swansea, UK.
authors.forename: Sue
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jordan
authors.affiliation: College of Human and Health Sciences, Swansea University, Swansea, UK.
authors.forename: Pauline
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Griffiths
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D007492:Iran; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology* / Q000592:standards; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000941:ethics / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D061214:Patient Safety / Q000592:standards*; D036301:Qualitative Research; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000941:ethics / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration; D012308:Risk Management
keywords: assessment; nurses; nursing; patient safety; qualitative research