Investigation of nursing students' perception of patient safety culture

The aim of this study is to examine the perception of nursing students' culture of patient safety. Descriptive suvery form was used in the research. The data obtained within the scope of the field research were evaluated. A questionnaire was used as a data collection tool. The questionnaire was created by the researcher. The questionnaire consists of 35 questions. The first 12 questions consisted of questions about demographic information and 23 questions about the characteristics affecting patient safety. Data analysis was done by SPSS 16 package program. Frequency and percentage statistics were used to analyze the data. As a result of the study, it was determined that nursing students were not faced with incidents that threatened patient safety and that the students who encountered it were inadequate to evaluate this situation.