ASSOCIATION BETWEEN SAFETY CLIMATE AND NURSING WORKLOAD

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v24i0.58976

Keywords:

Patient Safety, Safety Management, Workload, Intensive Care Unit, Organizational culture.

Abstract

Objective: To verify the association between safety climate and the workload of nursing professionals
of an Intensive Care Unit.
Method: Cross-sectional analytical study, with data collected from June to October 2014, in a
public hospital in the state of Paraná. The Safety Attitudes Questionnaire (SAQ) and Nursing
Activities Score (NAS) instruments were used. The median of the unit’s Nursing Activities Score
(571 points) was used as cutoff point, and the scores of the Safety Attitudes Questionnaire
were dichotomized among professionals under high workload (> 571 points). Results: An association
between three domains of the SAQ: teamwork climate (p = 0.010), safety climate (p
= 0.009) and job satisfaction (p-value 0.020) was obtained.
Conclusion: The findings of this study can serve as a basis for actions aimed at improving
working conditions and, consequently, job satisfaction and quality of care.

Author Biographies

Verusca Soares de Souza, UNESPAR

Enfermeira. Doutoranda em Enfermagem pela Universidade Estadual de Maringá. Docente do curso de Enfermagem da Universidade Estadual do Paraná. Paranavaí, PR, Brasil.

João Lucas Campos de Oliveira

Enfermeiro. Doutor em Enfermagem. Docente da Faculdade de Enfermagem da Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso. Cuiabá, MT, Brasil

Maria Antônia Ramos Costa

Enfermeira. Doutora em Enfermagem. Docente do curso de Enfermagem e Diretora do Centro de Ciências da Saúde da Universidade Estadual do Paraná. Paranavaí, PR, Brasil.

Grazieli de Vicente

Enfermeira. Graduada em Enfermagem da Universidade Estadual do Paraná. Paranavaí, PR, Brasil. 

Renata Rodrigues Mendonça

5Enfermeira. Pós-Graduanda em Atenção ao Paciente Crítico: Urgência, Emergência e UTI pelo Centro Universitário Internacional. Paranavaí, PR, Brasil. 

Laura Misue Matsuda

Enfermeira. Doutora em Enfermagem. Docente do Departamento do Enfermagem da Universidade Estadual de Maringá. Maringá, PR, Brasil. 

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Published

2019-04-04

How to Cite

de Souza, V. S., de Oliveira, J. L. C., Costa, M. A. R., de Vicente, G., Mendonça, R. R., & Matsuda, L. M. (2019). ASSOCIATION BETWEEN SAFETY CLIMATE AND NURSING WORKLOAD. Cogitare Enfermagem, 24. https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v24i0.58976

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Vol. 24 (2019)

Section

Research

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