Journal of Nursing & Care

T.C. Ministry of Health, İzmir Provincial Health Directorate, Turkey

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• Research Article   
  Relationship between Pediatric Nurses’ Professional Values and their Attitudes towards Patient Safety
  Author(s): Beste Özgüven Öztornacı*, Esra Ardahan Akgül, Yeliz Akatın and Naciye Siyahgül
  
  Introduction: This study was conducted to determine whether pediatric nurses’ professional values affect their attitudes towards patient safety. Methods: The study was a descriptive cross-sectional study and it was carried out with 101 nurses working in pediatric clinics of a state hospital in Turkey in 2015. Data were collected using the Personal Information Form, the Nurses Professional Values Scale and the Safety Attitudes Questionnaire. Results: A positive correlation was determined between the scores obtained from the Safety Attitudes Questionnaire and the scores obtained from the Nurses Professional Values Scale (r: .315, p: .001). There was a significant positive correlation between the Perceptions of Management subscale of the Safety Attitudes Questionnaire and the Nurses Professional Values Scale (r:.. Read More»
  

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