Perceptions and Enhancement Needs of Psychiatric Nurses on Patient Safety Competency: A Phenomenological Study

作者：Chen Shen, Lihua Xu, Q. Jiang, Yumei Li · 发表于：Journal of Nursing Management · 年份：2026 · DOI：10.1155/jonm/3736316 · 研究领域：Medicine

Introduction Patient safety competency among nurses is increasingly emphasized, yet research on patient safety competency among psychiatric nurses remains scarce. Aim To deeply explore the cognition of psychiatric nurses on patient safety competency and explore the demands of nurses for enhancing patient safety competency. Methods The study was conducted from June to July 2025 with 16 psychiatric nurses. Data were collected through in‐depth personal interviews and thematic analyzed using Colaizzi’s seven‐step phenomenological analysis method. Results Three main themes and 13 subthemes are formed: (1) The connotation of patient safety competency, including “protecting one’s own safety is the prerequisite for ensuring patient safety,” “understanding patients,” “observation,” “nurse–patient communication,” “nurse–patient relationship,” and “handling adverse events;” (2) influencing factors of patient safety competency, including “manpower resources,” “leadership,” “teamwork,” and “adverse event management system;” and (3) the demand for improvement of patient safety competency, such as “emphasize theory over practice,” “outdated training content and monotonous formats,” and “desire for more experience sharing.” Conclusions This study conducted an in‐depth investigation into the connotation, influencing factors and improvement demands of patient safety competency among nurses in the field of mental health, revealing the specificity of psychiatric nurses’ perceptions of patient sa...