Correlation between nurses' self-awareness and patient safety competence in cancer hospitals
LIU Lu
LIU Yan
WANG Lulu
WU Jing
LIU Man
MA Fengyan
LU Hong
NIU Qiaohong
LIANG Junli
DENG Yanhong
LIU Yaqing
Abstract：Objective To explore the correlation between nurses'self-awareness and patient safety competence in cancer hospitals.Methods A total of 2 058 nurses from 10 Grade A oncology hospitals in China were investigated using the general information question-naire,nurse self-awareness scale,and nurse competence scale in patient safety.Results The total score of nurses'self-awareness was(46.17±10.78),and the total score for their competence in patient safety was(129.92±14.80),between which had significant positive corre-lation(P＜0.01).Conclusion The level of self-awareness of nurses in specialized oncology hospitals need to be improved,and self-aware-ness has a positive promoting effect on patient safety competency.Nursing managers should pay attention to nurses'self-awareness and im-prove the level of their self-awareness and competence in patient safety through scientific methods.
Keywords：self-awarenesspatient safety competencecancer hospitalnurse
Publication Date：2024-04-10
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 336-339 )