| خلاصه مقاله | Background: Professional autonomy is a key element in the nursing profession and makes nurses able to make timely and enabling nurses to make timely decisions at the patient’s bedside. In maintaining the safety of the patient and ensuring the provision of high quality care, the competence of human resources, especially nurses, is of particular importance Therefore, this study aims to analyze professional autonomy and its correlation with patient safety competency among nurses
Methods: This descriptive-analytical study was conducted on 200 nurses working in teaching-treatment hospitals of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences-Iran in 2021 using stratified random sampling and taking into account the entry and exit criteria. Data collection tools included demographic questionnaire, Professional autonomy and Patient Safety Competency Self-Evaluation (PSCSE) Questionnaire. After collecting the data, they were analyzed using SPSS 26.v software and analyzed with descriptive and inferential statistics. P>0.05 was considered as a significant level.
Results: Based on the findings of the study, the professional autonomy of most nurses was observed at a high level and their competence at an average level. In examining the relationship between the two variables of Professional autonomy and nurses’ safety competence, a significant relationship was observed, which means that increasing Professional autonomy of nurses increases the safety competence of patients.
Conclusion: According to the results, the promotion of professional autonomy
.directly affects the safety competence of nurses, which consequently improves the quality of care Therefore, it is recommended to adopt appropriate strategies and necessary policies by managers to improve the professional independence of nurses. |