OCCUPATION AND HEALTH ›› 2026, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (5): 664-669.

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Research on the current status of nurses' patient safety competence and the relationship between occupational deviant behavior and professional identity in grade-A tertiary hospitals in Tianjin City

SHAO Jingwen1, ZHANG Yajun2, ZHUANG Yinan1, MA Yufei1, ZHAO Yiting1, WANG Shuling2()   

  1. 1. Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine,Tianjin 301617,China
    2. The Second Affiliated Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine,Tianjin 300250,China
  • Received:2025-05-27 Revised:2025-07-02 Online:2026-03-01 Published:2026-03-10
  • Contact: WANG Shuling,E-mail:wsl_722@sina.com
  • About author:WANG Shuling,E-mail:wsl_722@sina.com

Abstract:

Objective To understand the current situation of nurses' patient safety competence in grade-A tertiary hospitals in Tianjin City,and analyze the relationship between it and professional deviant behavior and professional identity,with a view to providing references and bases for improving the level of nurses' patient safety competence. Methods Convenience sampling method was used to select 449 nurses from three grade-A tertiary hospitals in Tianjin City from November 2023 to July 2024 for the survey. The questionnaire included a general information questionnaire,a nurse patient safety competency scale,an occupational identity scale,and an occupational deviation scale,and the data were analyzed. Results The patient safety competency score of nurses in grade-A tertiary hospitals in Tianjin City was (150.42±20.12)points,the occupational deviation score was (26.32±13.36)points,and the occupational identity score was (117.82±21.77)points. Age,years of working experience,monthly income,occupational identity,and occupational deviant behavior were the factors influencing nurses' patient safety competence(all P<0.01). Patient safety competence was positively correlated with occupational identity(r=0.733,P<0.01),and negatively correlated with occupational deviant behavior(r=-0.243,P<0.01). There was a negative correlation between occupational deviant behavior and occupational identity(r= -0.094,P<0.01). Conclusion Nurses' patient safety competence in grade-A tertiary hospitals in Tianjin is at a moderate to high level,in which age,years of working experience,monthly income,occupational identity,and occupational deviant behaviors are independent risk factors for nurses' patient safety competence. It is recommended that hospital administrators pay attention to the impact of nurses' patient safety competence,establish and improve corresponding measures to improve nurses' professional identity and reduce the level of their occupational deviant behaviors,so as to further enhance the level of nurses' patient safety competence.

Key words: Nurses, Occupational deviant behavior, Occupational identity, Patient safety competence

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