Abstract

Error reporting is essential to organizational learning and safety improvement in hospitals. This study examined the effect of safety climate, nurse manager leader inclusiveness, and the psychological safety of nurses on nurses' willingness to report errors. The findings are important for administrators seeking to make hospitals a safer.

Author Details

Lindsay Thompson Munn, PhD, RN, Carolinas College of Health Sciences, Atrium Health, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA; Cheryl B. Jones, PhD, RN, FAAN, School of Nursing, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA

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Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

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Research Approach

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Keywords:

Leader Inclusiveness, Psychological Safety, Safety Climate

Conference Name

Creating Healthy Work Environments 2019

Conference Host

Sigma Theta Tau International

Conference Location

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Conference Year

2019

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Work environment and error reporting by nurses

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Error reporting is essential to organizational learning and safety improvement in hospitals. This study examined the effect of safety climate, nurse manager leader inclusiveness, and the psychological safety of nurses on nurses' willingness to report errors. The findings are important for administrators seeking to make hospitals a safer.