The Association Between Quality and Safety of Nursing Care: A Correlational Study.

Background: Patient safety culture is critical for ensuring quality nursing care, yet its role is not fully understood in various health care settings.

Purpose: To explore the association between patient safety culture and nurses' perceptions of the quality of nursing care provided in hospitals in the Czech Republic.

Methods: A correlation study was conducted with 535 nurses from 6 hospitals using the questionnaires Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture 2.