The Relationship Between Patient Safety Culture and the Intentions of the Nursing Staff to Report a Near-Miss Event During the COVID-19 Crisis.

Background: Reporting a near-miss event has been associated with better patient safety culture.

Purpose: To examine the relationship between patient safety culture and nurses' intention to report a near-miss event during COVID-19, and factors predicting that intention.

Methods: This mixed-methods study was conducted in a tertiary medical center during the fourth COVID-19 waves in 2020-2021 among 199 nurses working in COVID-19-dedicated departments.

Hospital nurses' intention to report near misses, patient safety culture and professional seniority.

Objectives: To determine the extent nurses reported near miss events; to describe the relationship between patient safety culture, professional seniority and intention to report near misses; and to determine predictors of intention to report near miss events.

Design: This was a descriptive cross-sectional correlational study.The sampling method was cluster convenience sampling.