The aim of this study is to explore nurses’ perceptions of patient safety culture in Oman in medical and surgical wards at the Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, as perceptions affect behaviour and patient safety is an area in which improvements are required. The study also aims to identify the factors that influence nurses’ perceptions of patient safety; their attitudes and behaviours towards patient safety and their understanding of patient safety within the hospital. The study will be approached from the perspective that, as front-line carers, nurses are of critical importance in enacting quality improvements and patient safety in the healthcare industry. A critical analysis of the literature was undertaken and an exploratory sequential mixed methods design utilised to answer the research questions. Primary data will be collected using a quantitative research design with data analysed using a statistical package. An exploratory qualitative approach will be used through focus group interviews. A number of scenarios created through expert consensus and will set the scene for the focus-group-interviews. The focus groups will be analysed thematically using NVIVO. Ethical approval has been acquired.

The aim of this study is to explore nurses’ perceptions of patient safety culture in Oman in medical and surgical wards at the Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, as perceptions affect behaviour and patient safety is an area in which improvements are required. The study also aims to identify the...