Preventive Care In Nursing and Midwifery Journal

en Investigating the Relationship of Work Errors with Occupational Stress and Perceived Organizational Support Among nurses: A Descriptive Correlational Study Nursing Orginal research Background: Occupational stress in nurses leads to job burnout and an increase in missed nursing care and the incidence of work errors. Investigating the factors associated with occupational stress can assist nursing managers in supporting nurses, reducing and handling errors, and adopting appropriate policies. Objectives: This study aimed to determine the relationship between work errors and stress sources, and perceived organizational support among nurses. Methods: This was a correlational descriptive study conducted on 160 nurses working at the hospitals of Miandoab City, Western Azerbaijan province of Iran. The nurses were enrolled in the census from April to July 2019. The data collection tool was a 4-part questionnaire for recording demographic information, nurses’ sources of stress, perceived organizational support, and nursing work errors. The data were analyzed by SPSS 21 software. Results: Most of the nurses were female (61.8%), had a work experience of fewer than three years (43.75%), and had a bachelor’s degree (73.1%). The sources of stress were directly and significantly correlated with nursing errors in the dimensions of drug therapy (r=0.241, p=0.002), nursing care (r=0.685, p=0.014), and report writing (r=0.101, p=0.030). Also, perceived organizational support was significantly and inversely associated with nursing errors in the dimensions of nursing care (r = -0.190, p=0.016) and drug therapy (r = -0.182, p=0.042). Sources of stress, along with perceived organizational support, years of service, and the level of education, explained 8% of the variations in nursing work errors. Conclusion: The results of the study showed that an increase in the sources of stress and a decrease in perceived organizational support were related to a rise in work errors among nurses. These two factors, along with years of service and level of education, were among the predictors of nursing work errors. Therefore, it is suggested to pay attention to organizational support and manage stress sources in the work environment to reduce nurses’ work errors Perceived Organizational Support, Clinical Nurse, Occupational Stress, Medical Errors 59 67 http://nmcjournal.zums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-735-4&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Zahra Bolghar bolgharzahra@gmail.com 100319475328460013929 100319475328460013929 No MSc in Nursing, Department of Nursing, Islamic Azad University, Urmia branch, Urmia I. R. Iran Esfandyar Baljani baljanies@gmail.com 100319475328460013930 100319475328460013930 Yes RN, PhD Assistant Professor of nursing, Department of Nursing, Islamic Azad University, Urmia branch, Urmia I. R. Iran Hossein Habibzadeh habibzadeh.h@umsu.ac.ir 100319475328460013931 100319475328460013931 No PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Medical Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia Monireh Rezaee Moradali monir.rezaee@yahoo.co.uk 100319475328460013932 100319475328460013932 No PhD in reproductive health, Department of Midwifery, Islamic Azad University, Urmia branch, Urmia I. R. Iran