Nursing Home Patient Safety Culture Perceptions Among US and Immigrant Nurses

Date: 09/01/2020
Nursing Home Patient Safety Culture Perceptions Among US and Immigrant Nurses
Author(s): Laura Wagner, Barbara Brush, Nicholas Castle, John Engberg, and Elizabeth Capezuti

 

Patient safety is a global concern, yet little is known about how and whether perceptions of patient safety culture (PSC) vary by nurses' countries of origin and preparation. This is particularly important in American nursing homes (NHs), which are increasingly hiring non-US born and prepared nurses to fill staffing needs. This study compared the PSC perceptions of foreign and domestic born and trained nurses working in urban NHs in 5 states to analyze how nurses' PSC perceptions corresponded to their personal and professional characteristics.