Exploring Ward Nurses' Perceptions of Psychological Safety for Their Teams and Associated Factors － Focus on Demographic Characteristics －

Abstract

This study aimed to examine the association betw een ward nurses' psychological safety perceptions for their teams and gender, age, years of experience, and clinical department of the ward. 31 JPSN（ Japanese version of Team Psychological Safety for Nursing Professionals： JPSN） is used to measure psychological safety perceptions for the team and consists of seven items on a seven point Likert scale. We conducted a secondary analysis of data collected from a nationwide web based survey of nurses in the ward nursing teams in December 2020. The differences in means were analyzed by t‑test for gender. Age, years of experience, and ward department were each divided into several groups. One‑way ANOVA was then conducted. The results suggest that ward nurses' psychological safety perception for the team tends to be lower than that of nurses in other countries and general workers. There were no significant differences in the scores of psychological safety perception for the team among the variables of age, gender, years of experience, and ward department. Ward nurses' psychological safety perception for the team is an important factor in promoting effective nurse‑team interaction. Therefore, it is necessary to examine the relationship with other factors to establish psychological safety perceptions of the team in Japan.