patient safety culture from perspective of nurses working in icu and ccu wards of al-najaf al-ashraf hospital

Background: the culture of patient safety is one of the most important factors in ensuring the quality of nursing care and is essential in enhancing patient safety in the health system. aim: this study aimed to determine the patient safety culture from the perspective of nurses working in the al-najaf al-ashraf teaching hospital.method: this descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in 2021 on 167 nurses working in the electronic surveillance unit (esu) and critical care unit (ccu) wards of the al-najaf al-ashraf hospital. the subjects were chosen in a stratified manner with adequate allocation. data were collected using personal information forms and a valid and trustworthy patient safety culture questionnaire. data were analyzed by spss software (version 18). p<0.05 was considered statistically significant.results: independent t-test showed that among the demographic characteristics, gender and marital status had a statistically significant relationship with safety culture (p<0.05). the variable of nonpunitive response to events has the highest proportion of positive responses (73%). in contrast, the most negative response relates to supervisor performance and patient safety promotion expectations (43%). also, 67% of nurses working in the al-najaf al-ashraf hospital reported that patient safety is adequate. notably, only 6.6% of respondents indicated that the level of protection is very weak.implications for practice: according to the findings, the patient safety culture at al-najaf alashraf teaching hospital is appropriate from the perspective of nurses working in this hospital.