Clinical nurse competence and its effect on patient safety culture: a systematic review.

Rasha Abu Zaitoun; Nizar B Said; Lila de Tantillo

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Clinical nurse competence and its effect on patient safety culture: a systematic review.

June 7, 2023

Zaitoun RA, Said NB, de Tantillo L. BMC Nurs. 2023;22(1):173.

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Nurses play an important role in ensuring patient safety. This systematic review identified 16 studies examining the relationship between nursing competence and safety culture. The researchers identified several gaps in the evidence, including the need for rigorous research measuring the association between safety culture and nursing safety competencies and evaluating the effect of nursing safety competency on safety culture scores.

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