CULTURA DE SEGURANÇA DO PACIENTE EM TRÊS INSTITUIÇÕES HOSPITALARES: PERSPECTIVA DA EQUIPE DE ENFERMAGEM

Objective: to evaluate the patient safety culture in three hospital institutions, from the perspective of the nursing team. Method: quantitative and cross-sectional analytical study conducted with 303 nursing professionals from three hospitals in Minas Gerais. The Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture questionnaire was applied. Descriptive and inferential bivariate statistical analyses were performed. Results: from the perspective of nursing, none of the three hospitals presented strong dimensions for the safety culture. The philanthropic hospital obtained better evaluations in four dimensions in relation to public hospitals. The dimension with greater fragility in all hospitals was “Return of information and communication about error”. Conclusion: from the perspective of nursing teams, all dimensions of the patient safety culture revealed weaknesses in the hospitals under study.