SAQ SubScale | Survey questions |
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Stress recognition | When my workload becomes excessive, my performance is impaired |
I am less effective at work when fatigued | |
I am more likely to make errors in tense or hostile situations | |
Fatigue impairs my performance during emergency situations (e.g. emergency resuscitation, seizure) | |
Teamwork | Nurse input is well received in this clinical area |
In this clinical area, it is difficult to speak up if I perceive a problem with patient care | |
Disagreements in this clinical area are resolved appropriately (i.e., not who is right, but what is best for the patient) | |
I have the support I need from other personnel to care for patients | |
It is easy for personnel here to ask questions when there is something that they do not understand | |
The physicians and nurses here work together as a well-coordinated team | |
Safety climate | I would feel safe being treated here as a patient |
Medical errors are handled appropriately in this clinical area | |
I know the proper channels to direct questions regarding patient safety in this clinical area | |
I receive appropriate feedback about my performance | |
In this clinical area, it is difficult to discuss errors | |
I am encouraged by my colleagues to report any patient safety concerns I may have | |
The culture in this clinical area makes it easy to learn from the errors of others | |
Morale or job satisfaction | I like my job |
Working here is like being part of a large family | |
This is a good place to work | |
I am proud to work in this clinical area | |
Morale in this clinical area is high | |
Perceptions of hospital management | Hospital management supports my daily efforts |
Hospital management doesn't knowingly compromise the patient safety | |
Hospital management is doing a good job | |
Problem personnel are dealt with constructively by our hospital management | |
I get adequate, timely information about events that might affect my work from hospital management | |
Working conditions | The levels of staffing in this clinical area are sufficient to handle the number of patients |
This hospital does a good job of training new personnel | |
All the necessary information for diagnostic and therapeutic decisions is routinely available to me | |
Trainees in my discipline are adequately supervised |