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SJMC Patient Safety Survey

SJMC Patient Safety Survey

This is a critical time in our fight for a fair contract. We need the strongest possible data and messages to clearly articulate what’s at stake for patient safety and why nurses are preparing to take the bold action of a strike. That’s why we are launching this survey and urging you to take the time to complete it.
 
 
Your responses to this survey will bring forward the collective voice of nurses at SJMC and our concerns on safe staffing. We will use the results to convey a powerful message to hospital management and the public. Survey results will also be used to support complaints to The Joint Commission and Department Health for unsafe staffing.
1.Please select the description that best reflects the patient care area in which you work:
2.Which shift do you usually work?
3.How often do you work overtime or extra shifts beyond your regularly scheduled shift?
4.If you do work overtime or extra shifts, is it because (check all that apply)
5.Please indicate your agreement or disagreement with the following statements about your work area/unit.
Never
Rarely
Sometimes
Frequently
Always
Unknown
My unit is staffed according to its staffing plan.
The staffing plan for my unit is adequate.
The staffing plan AND actual staffing levels are posted for each shift.
On the unit where I work, agency RNs are used
The unit on which I work is adequately staffed during my shift.
I have adequate time to address all of my patients’ needs.
I am satisfied with the care and attention I am able to give my patients.
6.Please indicate your agreement or disagreement with the following statements about your work area/unit.
Strongly disagree
Disagree
Neither
Agree
Strongly agree
We have enough staff to handle the workload
Staff in this unit work longer hours than is best for patient care
It is just by chance that more serious mistakes don't happen around here
When an event is reported, it feels like the person is being written up, not the problem
We work in "crisis mode" trying to do too much, too quickly
Patient safety is never sacrificed to get more work done
We have patient safety problems in this unit
Our procedures and systems are good at preventing workplace violence from happening
7.Please indicate your agreement or disagreement with the following statements.
Strongly disagree
Disagree
Neither
Agree
Strongly agree
I feel I would be supported by hospital/workplace administration if I report an error or patient safety concern.
I would hesitate to report an error or patient safety concern because I am afraid of retaliation or being disciplined.
I would hesitate to report an error or patient safety concern because I am afraid I would lose my job.
My hospital/workplace has an environment where individuals are able to report errors or near misses without fear of reprimand or punishment.
My hospital/workplace administration encourages collaboration across ranks and disciplines to seek solutions to patient safety problems.
My hospital/workplace has an organizational commitment towards resources to address safety concerns.
8.In my unit over the past year, I believe that patients have actually sustained harm resulting from insufficient nurse staffing levels:
9.Please give St. Joseph Tacoma Hospital an overall grade on patient safety.
10.Researchers have defined moral distress as "when one knows the right thing to do, but institutional constraints make it nearly impossible to pursue the right course of action.” For nurses, it is sometimes defined as "the painful psychological disequilibrium that results from recognizing the ethically appropriate action, yet not taking it, because of such obstacles as lack of time, supervisory reluctance, an inhibiting medical power structure, institution policy, or legal considerations." 

Given these definitions of moral distress, please rate how you feel as an RN at St. Joseph Tacoma Hospital:
11.Do you have any additional comments on patient safety at St. Joseph's Tacoma?
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