Journal article
Priming patient safety: A middle-range theory of safety goal priming via safety culture communication
Nursing inquiry, Vol.25(4), pp.e12246-n/a
10/2018
DOI: 10.1111/nin.12246
PMID: 29774970
Abstract
The aim of this paper is discussion of a new middle-range theory of patient safety goal priming via safety culture communication. Bedside nurses are key to safe care, but there is little theory about how organizations can influence nursing behavior through safety culture to improve patient safety outcomes. We theorize patient safety goal priming via safety culture communication may support organizations in this endeavor. According to this theory, hospital safety culture communication activates a previously held patient safety goal and increases the perceived value of actions nurses can take to achieve that goal. Nurses subsequently prioritize and are motivated to perform tasks and risk assessment related to achieving patient safety. These efforts continue until nurses mitigate or ameliorate identified risks and hazards during the patient care encounter. Critically, this process requires nurses to have a previously held safety goal associated with a repertoire of appropriate actions. This theory suggests undergraduate educators should foster an outcomes focus emphasizing the connections between nursing interventions and safety outcomes, hospitals should strategically structure patient safety primes into communicative activities, and organizations should support professional development including new skills and the latest evidence supporting nursing practice for patient safety.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Priming patient safety: A middle-range theory of safety goal priming via safety culture communication
- Creators
- Patricia S Groves - College of Nursing, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IowaJacinda L Bunch - College of Nursing, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Nursing inquiry, Vol.25(4), pp.e12246-n/a
- DOI
- 10.1111/nin.12246
- PMID
- 29774970
- NLM abbreviation
- Nurs Inq
- ISSN
- 1320-7881
- eISSN
- 1440-1800
- Publisher
- Australia
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 10/2018
- Academic Unit
- Nursing; Injury Prevention Research Center
- Record Identifier
- 9984064173202771
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