Myoungsoo Kim

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The Effectiveness of Error Reporting Promoting Strategy on Nurse's Attitude, Patient Safety Culture, Intention to Report and Reporting Rate: Myoungsoo Kim; Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing 2010;40(2):172-181.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4040/jkan.2010.40.2.172
Published online: April 30, 2010

Full-time Lecturer, Department of Nursing, Pukyong National University, Busan, Korea.

Address reprint requests to: Kim, Myoungsoo. Department of Nursing, Pukyong National University, 599-1 Daeyeon 3-dong, Nam-gu, Busan 608-737, Korea. Tel: 82-51-629-5782, Fax: 82-51-629-5789, kanosa@hanmail.net

• Received: May 26, 2009 • Revised: May 28, 2009 • Accepted: January 10, 2010

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Abstract

Purpose
The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of strategies to promote reporting of errors on nurses' attitude to reporting errors, organizational culture related to patient safety, intention to report and reporting rate in hospital nurses.
Methods
A nonequivalent control group non-synchronized design was used for this study. The program was developed and then administered to the experimental group for 12 weeks. Data were analyzed using descriptive analysis, χ²-test, t-test, and ANCOVA with the SPSS 12.0 program.
Results
After the intervention, the experimental group showed significantly higher scores for nurses' attitude to reporting errors (experimental: 20.73 vs control: 20.52, F=5.483, p=.021) and reporting rate (experimental: 3.40 vs control: 1.33, F=1998.083, p<.001). There was no significant difference in some categories for organizational culture and intention to report.
Conclusion
The study findings indicate that strategies that promote reporting of errors play an important role in producing positive attitudes to reporting errors and improving behavior of reporting. Further advanced strategies for reporting errors that can lead to improved patient safety should be developed and applied in a broad range of hospitals.
Keywords: Medical errors; Whistle blowing; Attitude; Organizational culture; Safety management

This work was supported by National Research Foundation of Korea Grant funded by the Korean Government (KRF-2008-331-E00428).

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Figure 1

Program to promote error reporting.

Table 1

Homogeneity Test for General Characteristics between Experimental and Control Group

^* Fisher exact test.

Con.=control group; Exp.=experimental group.

Table 2

Homogeneity Test of Study Variables at the Baseline

Con.=control group; Exp.=experimental group.

Table 3

Group Comparisons of Dependent Variables at the posttest

^* F-value of ANCOVA with pre-test value as covariate.

Con.=control group; Exp.=experimental group.

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The Effectiveness of Error Reporting Promoting Strategy on Nurse's Attitude, Patient Safety Culture, Intention to Report and Reporting Rate

J Korean Acad Nurs. 2010;40(2):172-181. Published online April 30, 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4040/jkan.2010.40.2.172

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Figure 1 Program to promote error reporting.

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The Effectiveness of Error Reporting Promoting Strategy on Nurse's Attitude, Patient Safety Culture, Intention to Report and Reporting Rate

Table 1

Homogeneity Test for General Characteristics between Experimental and Control Group

^* Fisher exact test.

Con.=control group; Exp.=experimental group.

Table 2

Homogeneity Test of Study Variables at the Baseline

Con.=control group; Exp.=experimental group.

Table 3

Group Comparisons of Dependent Variables at the posttest

^* F-value of ANCOVA with pre-test value as covariate.

Con.=control group; Exp.=experimental group.

Table 1 Homogeneity Test for General Characteristics between Experimental and Control Group

^* Fisher exact test.

Con.=control group; Exp.=experimental group.

Table 2 Homogeneity Test of Study Variables at the Baseline

Con.=control group; Exp.=experimental group.

Table 3 Group Comparisons of Dependent Variables at the posttest

^* F-value of ANCOVA with pre-test value as covariate.

Con.=control group; Exp.=experimental group.