Hospital Nurse Leaders Perceptions of Just Culture

Existence of just culture provides support for trust and transparency, and promotes error reporting by shifting safety event investigations from blaming individuals to reviewing organizational processes and systems. Nurse leaders play a critical role in patient safety by creating environments supporting psychological safety in reporting safety events. In this preliminary study, 60 nurse leaders participated via electronic postings on a national nursing leadership organization website. Their perceptions were that just culture principles existed in their organization adding to our understanding of just culture and hospital patient safety. Recommendations for leadership practice and research are addressed.