Nurse reported patient safety in low-resource settings: a cross-sectional study of MNCH nurses in Nigeria

摘要

Purpose: Repeated international studies demonstrate the critical role of nursing and the associations between patient safety and nurse staffing and the nurse practice environment in high resource countries, yet nurse reported patient safety studies are sparse in Sub-Saharan Africa. This study explored nurse reported patient safety in Nigeria and examined the extent that patient safety is associated with nurse staffing levels and the nurse practice environment