Abstract
Objectives: The objective of the present study was to clarify the elements that would encourage nurses to adopt a constructive attitude after committing nursing errors. Methods: The study involved nurses working at a hospital with 200–300 beds. A survey was conducted using an anonymous self-administered questionnaire that was circulated and collected via mail. The reliability and validity of the newly developed questionnaire items for this survey were assessed, and the existing valid elements (coping profile and organizational climate) were accordingly added. The relationship between these elements and constructive behavioral change was analyzed. Results: The result suggested that constructive behavioral change is associated with “support from the head nurse”, “coping profile”, and “organizational climate”. Conclusions: These results suggest that “appraisal support” from head nurses is a useful factor in achieving constructive behavioral change. A “problem-focused coping style”, which aims to solve the problems by directly focusing on them, and an “active type” organizational climate are useful in achieving constructive behavioral change.
