Nursing perceptions of patient safety climate in the Gaza Strip, Palestine

Abstract

Ensuring job satisfaction through adequate staffing levels, providing incentives and maintaining a collegial environment require both strategic planning and institutional policies at the higher administrative level. Creation of a non-punitive and learning environment, promoting open communication and fostering continuous education should be fundamental aspects of hospital management. A policy of mixing experienced nurses with inexperienced nurses should be considered.

Patient safety culture in Jordanian primary health-care centres as perceived by nurses: a cross-sectional study

“…Our results are also similar to the findings of a study carried out in Egypt, where job satisfaction had the highest mean scores (> 75%), while perception of management received the lowest (≤ 75%) (25). Furthermore, a negative perception of stress recognition was found in a study of patient safety culture among Egyptian healthcare employees (26), and similar findings have been reported in other studies (27,28). In Palestine, job satisfaction was ranked the highest safety attitude domain (27).…”

“…Furthermore, a negative perception of stress recognition was found in a study of patient safety culture among Egyptian healthcare employees (26), and similar findings have been reported in other studies (27,28). In Palestine, job satisfaction was ranked the highest safety attitude domain (27). In Brazil, the job satisfaction and work conditions domains were perceived by professionals as positive for safety attitude (28).…”

“…These 30 basic items made up the short version reviewed in this study (SAQ -Short Form), to which other items were added to provide a total of 36. The instrument measured perceptions of the healthcare professionals in 6 areas: teamwork climate (Items 1-6); safety climate (Items 7-13); job satisfaction (Items [15][16][17][18][19]; stress recognition (Items 20-23); perception of management (Items [24][25][26][27][28][29] and working conditions (Items 30-32). Items 14 and 33-36 were not part of the dimensions referred to above, and Items 2, 11 and 36 were written in reverse.…”

Self‐reported environmental health risks of nurses working in hospital surgical units

“…Nurses' work is generally considered to focus on providing services to patients and individuals who need health care (Elsous et al. ; Zhou et al. ).…”

The pandemic under siege: A view from the Gaza Strip

“…In June 2018, the Ministry of Health announced that while it requires $40 million annually for drugs and supplies, only $10 million was available ( Monitor, 2019 ). The inability to “import necessary medical items such as medicines, disposable items, and spare parts for machinery” ( Smith, 2015, p. 335 ) as well as regular power outages and energy shortages have impacted the patient safety climate as well ( Elsous, Akbari, Aljeesh, & Radwan, 2017 ). Gaza’s hospitals also have shortage of available beds.…”