Purpose
This study’s purpose is to examine the effects of nurses' incident reporting attitudes, their perceptions of importance of patient safety management, and patient safety culture on reporting patient safety events.
Methods
We used a cross-sectional design with a convenience sample of 192 nurses with more than three months clinical experience from five provincial hospitals. The data were collected through an online structured self-report questionnaire from September 25 to October 15, 2022. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, Pearson correlation coefficients, and stepwise multiple regression.
Results
The most important influencing factors for the level of patient safety event reporting were perceptions of the importance of patient safety management (β=.24, p=.005), followed by patient safety culture (β=.23, p=.019), incident reporting attitude (β=.18, p=.016), and near miss reporting experience (β=.14, p=.022). The explanatory power of the model was 33%.
Conclusion
To increase the level of patient safety incident reporting, differentiated education and standardized work procedures are needed. Also, it is necessary to prepare policies that revitalize patient safety reporting systems at medical institutions as measures to prevent patient safety accidents and recurrences.

Citations

• Relationship between nurses’ critical thinking disposition and patient safety incident reporting: The mediating role of patient safety culture in a comprehensive nursing service ward
  Nam-Yi Kim, Sung-Jung Kwak, Ayman Mohamed El-Ashry
  PLOS ONE.2024; 19(12): e0315679.     CrossRef
• Patient safety management activities and perceived workload of shift‐work nurses, moderated by the perceived importance of patient safety management
  Kyung Jin Hong
  International Nursing Review.2024;[Epub]     CrossRef
• Impacts of Just Culture on Perioperative Nurses' Attitudes and Behaviors With Regard to Patient Safety Incident Reporting: Cross-Sectional Nationwide Survey
  Nara Han, Seok Hee Jeong, Myung Ha Lee, Hee Sun Kim
  Asian Nursing Research.2024; 18(4): 323.     CrossRef
• Associations of perceptions of patient safety culture, job crafting, and perceptions of patient rounding with patient safety management activities among tertiary hospital nurses
  Saet-Byeol Kim, Yun-Hee Kim
  Journal of Korean Biological Nursing Science.2024; 26(3): 259.     CrossRef

Purpose
The purpose of this study was to develop and psychometrically test the nursing start-up attitude scale for student nurses.
Methods
The initial items were based on the second analysis of systematic review of previous studies and in-depth interview data with 9 nurse entrepreneurs. In total, 25 items were derived based on the pilot survey. Psychometric testing was conducted with 324 student nurses. Data were analyzed using validity and reliability test methods.
Results
Six factors, including 12 items explaining 74.4% of the total variance, were verified. The factors were opportunity of self actualization, network building, enhacing start-up competencies, outcomes of start-up, preparation for start-ups, and risk taking. Cronbach's ⍺ was .75.
Conclusion
As validity and reliability have been verified through various methods, the developed scale in this study can contribute to assessing student nurses’ attitudes to nursing start-ups.

Citations

• Psychometric properties of the nursing start-up attitude scale in Iranian nursing students
  Iman Jafari, Mehdi Jafari-Oori, Abbas Ebadi
  BMC Nursing.2025;[Epub]     CrossRef

PURPOSE
This study was done to identify the factors involved in ageism in nurses.
METHODS
The participants in this study were 178 general hospital nurses. Data were collected in March 2019 using self-report questionnaires, and were analyzed using descriptive statistics, independent t-test, Mann-Whitney U test, one-way ANOVA, Kruskal-Wallis test, and stepwise multiple linear regression.
RESULTS
The total score for ageism was 39.75±5.44 out of a maximum of 72. Ageism had a statistically significant relationship with contact experience (r=-.47, p < .001), attitude (r=.40 p < .001), and aging anxiety (r=.35 p < .001). The determining factors affecting ageism were contact experience (β=-.45, p < .001), attitude(β=.20, p=.002), work place (β=.22, p < .001), marital status (β=.21, p < .001), geriatric nursing preference (β=.18, p=.006), geriatric education (β=.17, p=.006), and aging anxiety (β=.14, p=.041). The explanation power of these variables was 39%.
CONCLUSION
The results suggest that contact experience with elders had the largest influence on ageism in nurses. Therefore, it is necessary to develop tailored education programs by hospital type to increase positive contact experience and promote understanding of older patients in acute care settings. Furthermore, the importance of the perception of ageism needs to be highlighted in nursing education and continuing education for nurses.

Citations

• Are you anxious about aging? Unpacking the roots of ageism among Korean dental hygiene students
  Jenny H. Kwon, Michael Hughes, Anh Vo, Jeong-Ran Park, Doo Ree Kim, Kyung-Hee Kang
  Educational Gerontology.2025; : 1.     CrossRef
• Factors Influencing Ageism in Nursing Students
  Yun-Jung Oh
  Journal of Digital Contents Society.2025; 26(4): 1117.     CrossRef
• The influence of tertiary hospital nurses’ ageism, empathy, and work intensity on the performance of geriatric nursing: A cross-sectional study
  Jang mi Park, Jung Suk Park
  Journal of Korean Gerontological Nursing.2025; 27(1): 74.     CrossRef
• Effects of ageism on burnout among clinical nurses
  Sukjae Park, Hyunmin Lee, Minsook Seo, Hee Kyung Kim, Eunhee Shin, Antony Bayer
  PLOS ONE.2024; 19(11): e0313043.     CrossRef
• Factors affecting ageism among university students: A cross-sectional descriptive study
  Hyo Kyung Kim, Kyoung A Nam
  Journal of Korean Gerontological Nursing.2024; 26(2): 170.     CrossRef
• The effects of tertiary hospital nurses' ageism and nursing practice environment on geriatric nursing performance
  Hyemin Kang, Sujin Shin
  Journal of Korean Gerontological Nursing.2022; 24(4): 355.     CrossRef
• Determining the Attitudes of Surgical Nurses toward Older Patients
  Seher ÜNVER, Zeynep KIZILCIK ÖZKAN, Özge KARACA
  Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Hemşirelik Fakültesi Elektronik Dergisi.2022; 15(2): 110.     CrossRef
• Ageism and the Factors Affecting Ageism among Korean Nursing Students: A Cross-Sectional Study
  Jiyeon Ha, Juah Kim
  International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.2021; 18(4): 1798.     CrossRef
• An Evolutionary Concept Analysis of Gerontophobia
  Yeo Ju Lee, Jun-Ah Song
  Journal of Korean Gerontological Nursing.2021; 23(1): 1.     CrossRef

PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to identify the relationships among nursing students' knowledge, attitudes to advance medical directives and ethics values.
METHODS
The study was a cross-sectional and descriptive survey, carried out with 232 students from two schools of nursing, one located in B and C city. Student nurses' knowledge, attitudes for advance medical directives and ethics values were measured using structured self-report questionnaires. Data were analyzed using t-test or one-way ANOVA, and Pearson correlation coefficients.
RESULTS
The scores for knowledge, attitudes for medical advance directives were 7.18 and 3.07, and for ethics values, 3.47. Nursing students' knowledge and attitude showed a significant difference depending on grade. Nursing students' ethics values showed significant differences depending on whether a study on ethics had been completed. A positive correlation was observed between nursing students' knowledge, attitudes for advance medical directives and ethics values.
CONCLUSION
The results of this study indicate that basic data for the development of an effective education program on ethics is important in establishing a positive attitude toward advance medical directives and the appropriate ethical values in student nurses.

Citations

• Factors Associated with Family Caregivers’ Intentions to Complete an Advance Directive for Individuals with Dementia: A Cross-Sectional Descriptive Study
  Hyeseon Park, Sujin Kang, Youngji Kim
  Healthcare.2025; 13(11): 1297.     CrossRef
• Knowledge, Attitudes and Nursing Stress Related to Life-Sustaining Treatment among Oncology Nurses
  Seul Lee, Suyoun Hong, Sojung Park, Soojung Lim
  The Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care.2023; 26(3): 112.     CrossRef
• Determinants of nursing students’ inclination to ethical values: Compassionate love and perceived social support from the family
  Neslihan Lok, Gülten Uzun, Alime Selçuk Tosun
  Nurse Education in Practice.2023; 67: 103556.     CrossRef
• Health Personnel's Knowledge, Attitudes, and Self-Efficacy Related to Providing Palliative Care in Persons with Chronic Diseases
  EunSeok Cha, Sojung Lee, Jooseon Lee, Insil Lee
  The Korean Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care.2020; 23(4): 198.     CrossRef
• Effects of Awareness to Well-dying, Knowledge and Attitudes toward Advance-directives on Attitude toward End-of-life Care in Nursing Students
  Insun Jang, Youngji Kim
  The Korean Journal of Rehabilitation Nursing.2019; 22(2): 104.     CrossRef

PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to identify factors influencing patient safety nursing activities of nurses working in long-term care hospitals.
METHODS
The participants were 126 nurses working in 8 long-term care hospitals in B city. Data were collected from June 26 to July 10, 2017. SPSS/WIN 23.0 was used for analysis with t-test, ANOVA, Scheffé test, Pearson correlation coefficients, and hierarchical multiple regression.
RESULTS
The factors influencing patient safety nursing activities in participants were general characteristics, career in present long-term care hospital, (β=−.23, p=.008), safety control (β=.29, p=.002) and intention to report (β=.19, p=.037); on the personal side, informal communication (β=−.31, p=.005) for the organizational side. These factors contributed 39% of the total variance in patient safety nursing activities.
CONCLUSION
In the organizational dimension of long-term care hospital, formal communication channels should be strengthened to officially direct or report patient safety rather than using informal communication. In order to improve the sense of safety control, which is a personal side of long-term care hospital nurses, it is necessary to provide awareness and education about the continuous safety control and positively prepare the reporting atmosphere to increase long-term care hospital nurses' intention to report.

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• Influence of perceptions of reporting nurses’ medical errors and patient safety culture on patient safety nursing practices in Korea: a cross-sectional study
  Young Hee Kim, Mi Young Kim
  Journal of Korean Biological Nursing Science.2025; 27(1): 104.     CrossRef
• Association between Nurses’ Perceptions of Patient Safety Culture, Willingness to Report Near Misses, Critical Thinking Disposition, and Nursing Care Activities for Patient Safety
  Da Eun Lee, Bo Gyeong Lee
  Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration.2024; 30(3): 283.     CrossRef
• Effects of perceptions of the importance of patient safety management and patient safety competency on patient safety management activities among nurses at unaccredited general hospitals
  Ji-Yeong Park, Hanna Choi
  Journal of Korean Biological Nursing Science.2024; 26(1): 60.     CrossRef
• Psychometric analysis of Persian version of patient safety competency self-evaluation in psychiatric wards
  Mahya Torkaman, Marzieh Momennasab, Shahrzad Yektatalab, Mahin Eslami Shahrbabaki
  Journal of Education and Health Promotion.2022; 11(1): 154.     CrossRef
• Combination Relationship between Features of Person-Centered Care and Patient Safety Activities of Nurses Working in Small–Medium-Sized Hospitals: A Cross-Sectional Study
  Myoung Soo Kim, Young Ok Cho, Jiwon Park
  Nursing Reports.2022; 12(4): 861.     CrossRef
• Factors Associated with Patient Safety Incidents in Long-Term Care Hospitals: A Secondary Data Analysis
  Sookhee Yoon, Myungsuk Kang
  Korean Journal of Adult Nursing.2022; 34(3): 295.     CrossRef
• Factors Influencing Safety Nursing Activities of Nurses at a Nationally Designated Infectious Disease Hospital
  Sung Ae Choi, Ju Young Park
  Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration.2022; 28(1): 20.     CrossRef
• Clinical hours and program types effects on NCLEX pass rates
  Kara Potter, Leslie Hussey, Maria Ojeda
  Teaching and Learning in Nursing.2021; 16(2): 131.     CrossRef
• Person-Centered Care Practice, Patient Safety Competence, and Patient Safety Nursing Activities of Nurses Working in Geriatric Hospitals
  Ayoung Huh, Juh Hyun Shin
  International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.2021; 18(10): 5169.     CrossRef
• An exploration of barriers to patients' safety from the perspective of emergency nurses
  Abdulellah Al Thobaity
  Saudi Journal for Health Sciences.2020; 9(2): 141.     CrossRef
• Effects of Nursing Workplace Spirituality and Self-efficacy on the Patient Safety Management Activities of Nurses
  Ki Yeon Kown, Pok Ja Oh
  Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration.2019; 25(2): 106.     CrossRef
• Mediating Effects of Perceptions Regarding the Importance of Patient Safety Management on the Relationship between Incident Reporting Attitudes and Patient Safety Care Activities for Nurses in Small- and Medium-sized General Hospitals
  Young Mi Park, Keum Hee Nam, Ki Noh Kang, Jeong Ja Nam, Yeon Ok Yun
  Journal of Korean Critical Care Nursing.2019; 12(2): 85.     CrossRef
• Influence of Hospital Ethical Climate and Nursing Professionalism on Patient Safety Management Activity by Nurses
  Mi Yeong Mun, Mi Yeon Kim
  Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration.2019; 25(5): 458.     CrossRef
• The Level of Performance, Frequency and Educational Needs of Nursing Activities in Long-term Care Hospital
  Sun-Sook Moon, Yeon Ok Suh, Kyung-Woo Lee, Jasung Gu
  The Korean Journal of Rehabilitation Nursing.2018; 21(2): 110.     CrossRef

PURPOSE
The aim of this study was to identify factors affecting student adjustment to college among students in health colleges (Nursing, Clinical Pathology, Radiology, Dental Hygienics, Medicine).
METHODS
The participants in this study were 261 students in Daejeon city. Data were collected from October 5 to October 14, 2014. A structured questionnaire was used for data collection and data was analyzed using the SPSS/WIN program.
RESULTS
Career attitude maturity, calling and work as meaning positively correlated with student adjustment to college. The significant predictors of student adjustment to college were career attitude maturity, calling, always working part-time, major in medicine and average grade for the last semester.
CONCLUSION
These findings suggest that adjustment to college for students in health colleges is linked to career attitude maturity, and calling. College organization should develop a curriculum fostering a calling which will promote student adjustment to college and graduate health care professionals with desirable attitudes.

Citations

• Predictors of end-of-life care stress, calling, and resilience on end-of-life care performance: a descriptive correlational study
  Ji-Young Kim, Eun-Hi Choi
  BMC Palliative Care.2022;[Epub]     CrossRef
• Effects of a Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy Counseling Program on Self-efficacy and Adjustment to College Life for Nursing Freshmen
  Kyunghyun Lee, Myungah Kim
  Journal of Korean Academic Society of Nursing Education.2018; 24(4): 443.     CrossRef
• Effect of Calling, Meaning of Work, Job Stress, and Stress Coping on Organizational Commitment among Career Soldiers
  Hye Won Kim, Jae Eun Yoo, Chung Hee Woo
  Korean Journal of Stress Research.2017; 25(1): 30.     CrossRef
• Validation of the Workplace Spirituality Belief Scale for Prospective Early Childhood Teacher : Discrimination of WSBS_PECT on Happiness and Career Maturity
  Kyeong-Hwa LEE, Jun-Oh JO, Eun-Joo SIM
  Journal of Fisheries and Marine Sciences Education.2016; 28(4): 1076.     CrossRef
• The Influence of Calling, Work Values and Adaptation Resources on the Nursing Students' College Adjustment
  Moon-Jeong KIM, Kyung-Ja KANG
  Journal of Fisheries and Marine Sciences Education.2016; 28(3): 667.     CrossRef

PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to identify self-leadership and attitude to patient falls and fall prevention behavior in nurses.
METHODS
The participants were 178 nurses from two general hospitals in Seoul. Data were collected from March 20 to May 10, 2012 using structured questionnaires which included a Self-leadership scale, Fall attitude scale, and Fall prevention scale. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation and Hierarchial multiple regression with the SPSS/WIN 20.0 program.
RESULTS
The mean score for nurses' self-leadership was 3.48 (5 point scale). The average reported fall attitude was 3.59 (5 point scale) and fall prevention behavior was 3.26 (4 point scale). Self-leadership had a 18% explanatory power in fall attitude and a 5% explanatory power in fall prevention behavior. The factors which influenced fall prevention behavior were nurses' fall attitude (beta=.21, p=.009), fall prevention education (beta=.20, p=.007) and self-leadership (beta=.16, p=.047). All of the factors together had a 13.1% explanatory power.
CONCLUSION
The results of this study suggest that provision of regularly fall prevention education to nurses is required and should include a program to activate their positive attitude and self-leadership in order to improve fall prevention behavior in nurses.

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• Investigating nurses’ attitudes towards the prevention of falls: A mixed-method study
  Esra Özbudak Arıca, Zeliha Koç
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• Assessment of self-reported practice of nurses towards fall prevention and its associated factors in an Ethiopian hospital; cross-sectional study
  Nini Asfaw Negash
  International Journal of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing.2022; 46: 100960.     CrossRef
• Nurses’ knowledge, attitude, and fall prevention practices at south Korean hospitals: a cross-sectional survey
  Mi-young Cho, Sun Joo Jang
  BMC Nursing.2020;[Epub]     CrossRef
• Reliability and Validity of the Clinical Competency Scale for Nursing Students
  Bo Young Kim, Myeong Jeong Chae, Yun Ok Choi
  Journal of Korean Academy of Community Health Nursing.2018; 29(2): 220.     CrossRef
• Geriatric Hospital Nurses' Knowledge, Attitude toward Falls, and Fall Prevention Activities
  Sang-Hee Kim, Ji Min Seo
  Journal of Korean Gerontological Nursing.2017; 19(2): 81.     CrossRef
• Influencing Factors on Hospital Fall Prevention Activities of Tertiary Hospital Nurses and General Hospital Nurses
  Misook Jin, Yeongmi Ha
  Journal of Health Informatics and Statistics.2017; 42(4): 361.     CrossRef
• Effects of Nurses' Self-leadership and Team Trust on Organizational Commitment
  Se Young Kim, Eun-Kyung Kim, Byungsoo Kim
  Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration.2016; 22(4): 353.     CrossRef
• The Affect Factors of Geriatric Hospital Nurse’s Falls Prevention Activities
  Ji-Young Jung, Gye Hyun Jung
  Journal of Health Informatics and Statistics.2016; 41(2): 203.     CrossRef
• Concept Analysis of Nursing Leadership
  Jung Sook Kim, Yun Min Kim, Keum Seong Jang, Bok Nam Kim, Seok Hee Jeong
  Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration.2015; 21(5): 575.     CrossRef