Clinicians’ attitudes toward patient safety: A sequential explanatory mixed methods study in Saudi Armed Forces hospitals (eastern region)

This sequential explanatory study explores physicians and nurses’ attitudes toward patient safety in the Saudi Armed Forces Hospitals in the eastern region. The study shows that physicians and nurses have discrepant attitudes toward patient safety. Several factors were found to influence their attit...

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Main Author: Alzahrani, Ahmed Saad
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Curtin University 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/2470
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description This sequential explanatory study explores physicians and nurses’ attitudes toward patient safety in the Saudi Armed Forces Hospitals in the eastern region. The study shows that physicians and nurses have discrepant attitudes toward patient safety. Several factors were found to influence their attitudes, including workforce characteristics, management practices, professional culture, patient safety practices and work environment. The study concludes with recommendations for improving patient safety in the study sites and for future studies.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-24702017-02-20T06:37:30Z Clinicians’ attitudes toward patient safety: A sequential explanatory mixed methods study in Saudi Armed Forces hospitals (eastern region) Alzahrani, Ahmed Saad This sequential explanatory study explores physicians and nurses’ attitudes toward patient safety in the Saudi Armed Forces Hospitals in the eastern region. The study shows that physicians and nurses have discrepant attitudes toward patient safety. Several factors were found to influence their attitudes, including workforce characteristics, management practices, professional culture, patient safety practices and work environment. The study concludes with recommendations for improving patient safety in the study sites and for future studies. 2015 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/2470 en Curtin University fulltext
spellingShingle Alzahrani, Ahmed Saad
Clinicians’ attitudes toward patient safety: A sequential explanatory mixed methods study in Saudi Armed Forces hospitals (eastern region)
title Clinicians’ attitudes toward patient safety: A sequential explanatory mixed methods study in Saudi Armed Forces hospitals (eastern region)
title_full Clinicians’ attitudes toward patient safety: A sequential explanatory mixed methods study in Saudi Armed Forces hospitals (eastern region)
title_fullStr Clinicians’ attitudes toward patient safety: A sequential explanatory mixed methods study in Saudi Armed Forces hospitals (eastern region)
title_full_unstemmed Clinicians’ attitudes toward patient safety: A sequential explanatory mixed methods study in Saudi Armed Forces hospitals (eastern region)
title_short Clinicians’ attitudes toward patient safety: A sequential explanatory mixed methods study in Saudi Armed Forces hospitals (eastern region)
title_sort clinicians’ attitudes toward patient safety: a sequential explanatory mixed methods study in saudi armed forces hospitals (eastern region)
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/2470