Sexton JB, Helmreich RL, Neilands TB, Rowan K, Vella K, Boyden J, Roberts PR, Thomas EJ. The Safety Attitudes Questionnaire: Psychometric Properties, Benchmarking Data, and Emerging Research. BMC Health Services Research 2006;6:44.
Used with permission (see https://med.uth.edu/chqs/survey/)
Please answer the following items with respect to your specific unit or clinical area.
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* 1. Please answer the following items with respect to your specific unit or clinical area

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Nurse input is well received in this clinical area
In this clinical area, it is difficult to speak up if I perceive a problem with patient care
Disagreements in this clinical area are resolved appropriately (i.e., not who is right, but what is best for the patient)
I have the support I need from other personnel to care for patients.
It is easy for personnel here to ask questions when there is something that they do not understand

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* 2. Please answer the following items with respect to your specific unit or clinical area

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The physicians and nurses here work together as a well-coordinated team
I would feel safe being treated here as a patient
Medical errors are handled appropriately in this clinical area
I know the proper channels to direct questions regarding patient safety in this clinical area
I receive appropriate feedback about my performance

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* 3. Please answer the following items with respect to your specific unit or clinical area

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In this clinical area, it is difficult to discuss errors
I am encouraged by my colleagues to report any patient safety concerns I may have
The culture in this clinical area makes it easy to learn from the errors of others
My suggestions about safety would be acted upon if I expressed them to management
I like my job

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* 4. Please answer the following items with respect to your specific unit or clinical area

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Working here is like being part of a large family
This is a good place to work
I am proud to work in this clinical area
Morale in this clinical area is high
When my workload becomes excessive, my performance is impaired
I am less effective at work when fatigued
I am more likely to make errors in tense or hostile situations
Fatigue impairs my performance during emergency situations (e.g. emergency resuscitation, seizure)
Unit management supports my daily efforts
Hospital management supports my daily efforts
Unit management doesn’t knowingly compromise pt safety
Hospital management doesn’t knowingly compromise pt safety

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* 5. Please answer the following items with respect to your specific unit or clinical area

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Unit management is doing a good job
Hospital management is doing a good job
Problem personnel are dealt with constructively by our unit management
Problem personnel are dealt with constructively by our hospital management
I get adequate, timely info about events that might affect my work, from unit management
I get adequate, timely info about events that might affect my work, from hospital management
The levels of staffing in this clinical area are sufficient to handle the number of patients
This hospital does a good job of training new personnel
All the necessary information for diagnostic and therapeutic decisions is routinely available to me
Trainees in my discipline are adequately supervised
I experience good collaboration with nurses in this clinical area
I experience good collaboration with staff physicians in this clinical area
I experience good collaboration with pharmacists in this clinical area
Communication breakdowns that lead to delays in delivery of care are common

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