The Influence of Individual Characteristics, Knowledge and Attitude of Nurses Against the Safety Culture in Hospital

Abstract

Safety culture is an important element which should be done by health officers in the line of duty. Nurse as one of the components of human resources in the hospital in carrying out their duties should be able to maintain the safety of themselves and the work environment of risk factors through the adoption of a culture of safety. This study aims to analyze the factors that influence the action of a culture of workplace safety for nurses in hospitals. This quantitative study using a sample of 174 nurses, the data were analyzed by descriptive and analytic with logistic regression test at the significance level α of 0.05, to determine the relationship between variables and determine the variables that influence the safety culture simultaneously. This study found that the variables that influence the safety culture, namely knowledge (ρ=0.001) and Attitude (ρ= 0.001), while the variable age (ρ=0.524), sex (ρ=0.807), education (ρ=0.723), work period (ρ=0.695) and employment status (ρ=0.685) does not affect the safety culture. Cultural safety of nurses is influenced by the knowledge of and attitudes, while the variables of age, sex, education, period of employment and employment status did not influence the safety culture of the nurse in the hospital.