May 13, 2024BMC NursingOpen Access

Nurse perceptions of practice environment, quality of care and patient safety across four hospital levels within the public health sector of South Africa

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Unfavorable practice environment ratings averaged 2.46 out of 4 among surveyed nurses, while 38.45% reported delivering poor or fair quality of care.
Cross-sectional survey data from 1,307 nurses across all four hospital levels were evaluated using hierarchical linear modelling to detect system trends.
Highlights the urgent need to enforce clinical policies that enhance patient safety, prioritizing supportive leadership within smaller district hospitals.

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Cross-sectional survey reveals poor practice environments and safety ratings among public hospital nurses, highlighting the need to strengthen clinical support in smaller healthcare facilities.

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Tenza et al. (2024) studied this question.

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Cross-sectional survey reveals poor practice environments and safety ratings among public hospital nurses, highlighting the need to strengthen clinical support in smaller healthcare facilities.

Nurse perceptions of practice environment, quality of care and patient safety across four hospital levels within the public health sector of South Africa

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Nurse perceptions of practice environment, quality of care and patient safety across four hospital levels within the public health sector of South Africa

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