WORKING CONDITIONS OF NURSES AND PATIENT SAFETY IN A PERUVIAN PUBLIC HOSPITAL

Abstract

Objective: To establish the relationship between the working conditions of nurses and patient safety management in a Peruvian public hospital. Material and Method: Quantitative, basic, correlational research conducted in 2022; the population consisted of 300 nursing professionals working in a hospital in Callao, Lima, Peru, with a sample size of 169 at a 95% confidence level. Using a Google Forms questionnaire, the self-assessment of working conditions by García Ubaque and the Surveys on Patient Safety Culture (SOPS) 2.0 were applied, both validated (0.788 and 0.724) by KR20 and Cronbach’s alpha, respectively. Descriptive statistics were applied using the SPSS statistical software version 27.0 to assess the level of categorical variables, and based on numerical values, the non-parametric Spearman’s rho test was applied with 95% confidence, establishing significance with values below 0.05. Results: Risky working conditions were found (80.2%), with the majority being extralaboral risks (84.5%); 100% of participants rated patient safety
management as a strength, with communication safety being the most prominent (99.4%). Conclusions:
The lower the risky working conditions, the greater the strengths in patient safety management.