Nurses' perceptions of patient safety climate in intensive care units: a cross-sectional study.

Randi Ballangrud; Birgitta Hedelin; Marie Louise Hall-Lord

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Nurses' perceptions of patient safety climate in intensive care units: a cross-sectional study.

February 27, 2013

Ballangrud R, Hedelin B, Hall-Lord ML. Intensive Crit Care Nurs. 2012;28(6):344-54.

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This survey of nurses in 10 Norwegian intensive care units found that most had a more positive perception of safety culture within their individual unit than for the hospital as a whole. The study used the AHRQ Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture.

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