A pilot study testing the dimensions of safety climate among Japanese nurses

Industrial Health

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 158-165

  Kudo, Yasushi ^a   Satoh, Toshihiko ^a   Kido, Shigeri ^b   Watanabe, Mitsuyasu ^a   Miki, Takeo ^a   Miyajima, Eriko ^a   Saegusa, Yoichi ^a   Tsunoda, Masashi ^a   Aizawa, Yoshiharu ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anonymous self administered questionnaire; Nurse; Patient safety; Safety climate scale

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTERED NURSE; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; JAPAN; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; WORKLOAD;

EID: 41949113772     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.46.158     Document Type: Article

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