title: Exploring Safety Culture in Jordanian Hospitals: A Baseline Study.
abstract: Medical error is a serious issue in hospitals in Jordan. This study explored Jordanian nurses' perceptions of the culture of safety in their hospitals. The Hospital Survey of Patient Safety Culture translated into Arabic was administered to a convenience sample of 391 nurses from 7 hospitals in Jordan. The positive responses to the 12 dimensions of safety culture ranged from 20.0% to 74.6%. These are lower than the benchmarks of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Jordanian nurses perceive their hospitals as places that need more effort to improve the safety culture.
authors.affiliation: Department of Community and Mental Health Nursing (Drs Suliman, Aljezawi, AlBashtawy, and Mohammad) and Department of Adult Health Nursing (Dr Aloush), Al al-Bayt University, Mafraq, Jordan; and School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (Dr Fitzpatrick).
authors.forename: Mohammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Suliman
authors.forename: Maen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aljezawi
authors.forename: Mohammed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: AlBashtawy
authors.forename: Joyce
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fitzpatrick
authors.forename: Sami
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aloush
authors.forename: Khitam
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Al-Awamreh
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006761:Hospitals / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007597:Jordan; D008297:Male; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000517:prevention & control*; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology*; D015279:Organizational Culture; D061214:Patient Safety / Q000592:standards; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D017751:Safety Management / Q000592:standards*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires