Date of Award

10-16-2023

Degree Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Department

Nursing

First Advisor

Kathleen Bobay

Abstract

Background: Medication errors are the most common safety issues in Saudi Arabia. To avoid medication errors, Saudi hospitals need to identify the causes of errors by encouraging reporting errors. Most Saudi nurses do not report errors because of the blaming culture. Therefore, Saudi nurses need a psychological safe environment that encourages nurses to admit and report errors. Even if establishing a good error reporting system is helpful, Saudi health organizations need to discover nurses' perceptions, attitudes, norms, behaviors, and intentions regarding medication error reporting. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify the factors affecting the intention of Saudi nurses to report medication errors. Method: A quantitative cross-sectional online survey method was used for this study. The study population was Saudi registered nurses working in medical, surgical, and intensive care units at Prince Abdulaziz Bin Musaad Hospital and North Medical Tower, in Arar city. The questionnaire of the study included the theory planned behavior questionnaire, psychological safety scale, and demographic questions. Data analyses included descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation coefficients, and hierarchical multiple linear regression was used to assess for significant predictors of reporting. Results: This study confirmed that the theory of planned behaviors construction are significant predictors of Saudi nurses' intentions, while psychological safety was not. Conclusions: This finding may suggest subject norms are an area that should be assessed before implementing improvement interventions for reporting medication errors. However, more research will be needed with larger samples and various groups to determine significant predictors of Saudi nurses' intentions.

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