Nursing home patient safety culture perceptions among US and immigrant nurses.

Laura M. Wagner; Barbara L. Brush; Nicholas G. Castle; John Engberg; Elizabeth Capezuti

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Nursing home patient safety culture perceptions among US and immigrant nurses.

January 24, 2018

Wagner LM, Brush BL, Castle NG, et al. J Patient Saf. 2020;16(3):238-244.

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Researchers administered the AHRQ Nursing Home Survey on Patient Safety Culture to nurses employed at 98 nursing homes across 5 states. They found that nurses born and trained abroad had higher perceptions of patient safety culture than those born and educated in the United States.

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