THE PERCEPTIONS OF NURSES ABOUT PATIENT SAFETY CULTURE: AN EXAMPLE PROVINCE IN NORTH EAST OF TURKEY

Objectives
 The purpose of this study is to evaluate the perceptions nurses about patient safety culture and include five hospitals which are in a province north east Turkey. 
 Methods
 research universe consists 1299 working different hospitals. It was used for sample selection study. data were collected by “Nurse Information Form” “Patient Safety Culture Scale”. In analysis Kolmogrov-Smirnov, Kruskal-Wallis, Mann-Whitney U, T-test Anova Test.
 Results
 Nurses’ main score scale 2.90 ± 0.379. There significantly differences between mean subscales (p