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To map evidence on how nurse managers promote psychological safety and patient safety culture within nursing teams, identifying critical leadership behaviors, competencies, facilitators, and barriers.

August 20, 2026HealthcareOpen Access

The Role of Nurse Managers in Promoting Psychological Safety and Patient Safety Culture in Nursing Teams: A Scoping Review

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CACristina AugustoUniversidade do Porto SPSoraia Cristina de Abreu PereiraUniversidade do Porto DCDaniel José CunhaUniversidade do Porto

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Scoping review reveals that nurse managers foster patient safety culture via psychological safety in nursing teams, highlighting the need for supportive leadership and system-level backing.

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To map evidence on how nurse managers promote psychological safety and patient safety culture within nursing teams, identifying critical leadership behaviors, competencies, facilitators, and barriers.
Conducted a scoping review prospectively registered on the Open Science Framework, searching MEDLINE, CINAHL, Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection, Scopus, BVS, and WorldCat through May 11, 2026.
Screened 117 deduplicated records from 229 initial citations, synthesizing data from 25 included studies using thematic analysis across quantitative, qualitative, review, and conceptual literature.
Relational leadership behaviors—including active listening, visible presence, emotional support, and constructive feedback—serve as core drivers for establishing psychological safety.
Psychological safety functions as a mediator between leadership practices and critical safety outcomes, such as open communication, speaking up, incident reporting, and organizational learning.
Supportive leadership and a just culture facilitate safety climate improvements, whereas punitive environments, strict hierarchy, workload pressures, and resource limitations act as key barriers.

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Augusto et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a86b5ff8a91293e6a1cda3b https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare14162590

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Scoping review reveals that nurse managers foster patient safety culture via psychological safety in nursing teams, highlighting the need for supportive leadership and system-level backing.

The Role of Nurse Managers in Promoting Psychological Safety and Patient Safety Culture in Nursing Teams: A Scoping Review

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The Role of Nurse Managers in Promoting Psychological Safety and Patient Safety Culture in Nursing Teams: A Scoping Review

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