Medical error is a serious issue in hospitals in Jordan. This study explored Jordanian nurses' perceptions of the culture of safety in their hospitals. The Hospital Survey of Patient Safety Culture translated into Arabic was administered to a convenience sample of 391 nurses from 7 hospitals in Jordan. The positive responses to the 12 dimensions of safety culture ranged from 20.0% to 74.6%. These are lower than the benchmarks of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Jordanian nurses perceive their hospitals as places that need more effort to improve the safety culture.
Department of Community and Mental Health Nursing (Drs Suliman, Aljezawi, AlBashtawy, and Mohammad) and Department of Adult Health Nursing (Dr Aloush), Al al-Bayt University, Mafraq, Jordan; and School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (Dr Fitzpatrick).
Correspondence: Mohammad Suliman, PhD, RN, Al al-Bayt University, PO Box 130040, Mafraq 25113, Jordan (mbarahemah@aabu.edu.jo).
The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
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Accepted for publication: June 16, 2016
Published ahead of print: August 1, 2016
