Abstract

Objectives: This study identified the relationship between nurses learning culture about patient safety with the implementation of patient safety in the medical-surgical area in the Indonesian hospital. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 139 medical-surgical nurses from 4 hospitals in Palembang City, Indonesia. The development of measuring instruments about nurse's learning culture of patient safety and the implementation of patient safety based on learning organizational and six goals of patient safety concepts were used. Result: The average score for nurses learning culture was 47.39±8.89 and the average score for the implementation of patient safety was 147.88±8.70. Furthermore, there is a significant relationship between the level of education with the implementation of patient safety (p-value 0,015) and there is a significant relationship between nurses learning culture with the implementation of patient safety (p-value: 0,0001). Conclusion: The implementation of patient safety in the hospital can be improved through the development of nurses learning culture and can be an effort with increasing nurses' education level and their knowledge.