title: Employee Engagement and a Culture of Safety in the Intensive Care Unit.
abstract: A descriptive, retrospective design was used to explore the relationship between employee engagement and culture of safety in ICUs within a large Midwestern healthcare system. Results demonstrated a strong positive relationship between total engagement score and total patient safety score (r = 0.645, P < .01) and positive relationships between total engagement score and the 12 safety culture dimensions. These findings have implications for improving managerial strategies relative to employee engagement that may ultimately impact perceptions of a safety culture.
authors.affiliation: Author Affiliations: Chief Nursing Officer (Dr Collier), Hillcrest Hospital, Mayfield Heights; Elizabeth Brooks Ford Professor in Nursing (Dr Fitzpatrick) and Associate Professor (Dr Dolansky), Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland; Researcher (Dr Siedlecki), Cleveland Clinic, Ohio.
authors.forename: Susan L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Collier
authors.forename: Joyce J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Fitzpatrick
authors.forename: Sandra L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Siedlecki
authors.forename: Mary A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Dolansky
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D005260:Female; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015146:Midwestern United States; D015279:Organizational Culture; D061214:Patient Safety / Q000592:standards*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D017751:Safety Management / Q000379:methods*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires