The Relationship between Job Efficacy, Patient Safety and Quality of Patient Care among Nurses Working in Secondary Hospital in Riyadh Second Health Cluster, Saudi Arabia
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Background: Nursing profession is one of the most crucially healthcare profession in hospitals, and there are many factors affecting job efficacy of these nurses which may then affect positively or negatively the patients’ safety and quality of care in the healthcare settings. Aim: This study aims to determine the relationship between Job Efficacy, Patient Safety and Quality of Patient Care among nurses working in Secondary Hospital in Riyadh Second Health Cluster, Saudi Arabia. Methodology: A cross-sectional study was conducted on conveniently selected nurses in various hospitals located in Second health cluster in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia to fill questionnaire for six weeks, an online questionnaire was used, and it consist of Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture and the Self-Efficacy Scale, all data then was analysed using SPSS program. Results: From total 326 participants with mroe than half (51%) are male and 44% of the sample are 31-40 years old, as well as, about 44% of the sample are BSN graduate, 51% of nurses have 5 years to 10 years, the responses of the sample of the study sample showed a general trend towards approving for Job Efficacy with mean =2.66 ± 0.46, the study sample showed a general trend towards approving for Patient Safety, with mean is 3.25 ± 0.41, and the sample showed a general trend towards approving for Quality of Patient Care among nurses, with mean is 3.71± 0.73. The results revealed a significant difference in job efficacy among participants due to gender (P-value =0.043), age (p-value = 0.027), total years of experience working as a nurse (p-value = 0.017), and there is no significant difference with Job efficacy among participants due to marital Status (p-value = 0.948). Conclusion: Nurses’ job efficacy can affect positively on the patient’s safety and quality of care among patients who are visiting second health cluster.