Background & objectives Patient safety is a crucial factor in the provision of quality healthcare and is therefore a global health concern. It is an area in which ethical concerns and high-quality clinical practice are inextricably linked. This study investigates the effect of education around ethical principles on nurses' perception of patient safety in a psychiatric unit. Materials & methods This pre- and post-test descriptive study was conducted in a mental health inpatient unit in a hospital in Tehran, capital of Iran, in 2018. A total of 33 nurses, selected by census sampling, participated in the study. Data was collected using a demographics questionnaire and Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture (HSOPSC), and was analyzed with SPSS21. Results The mean score of patient safety was 116.85 ± 9.98 before the educational intervention, 143.58 ± 7.21 immediately after intervention, and 153.12 ± 9.47 1 month after intervention. The rate of error report by most participants over the past 12 months was 3-5 and 6-10 events before intervention, and 6-10 events immediately after and 1 month after intervention. Also, 42.4% of the participants assessed patient safety after intervention as very good and 36.4% assessed it as acceptable and very good 1 month after intervention whereas most of the participants (45.5%) assessed patient safety as acceptable before intervention. Conclusion Education on ethical principles exerts a positive effect on nurses' perception of patient safety culture. Thus, it is recommended as an effective method of promoting nurses' perception of this variable. In this way, healthcare quality and enhanced patient safety can be achieved.

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伦理原则教育对伊朗精神健康住院病房护士对患者安全文化认知的影响：一项试点研究。

背景和目标 患者安全是提供优质医疗保健的关键因素，因此是全球健康问题。这是一个伦理问题和高质量临床实践密不可分的领域。本研究调查了围绕伦理原则进行的教育对精神科护士对患者安全的看法的影响。材料与方法这项测试前和测试后描述性研究于 2018 年在伊朗首都德黑兰一家医院的心理健康住院部进行。共有 33 名通过人口普查抽样选出的护士参与了这项研究。使用人口统计问卷和医院患者安全文化调查 (HSOPSC) 收集数据，并使用 SPSS21 进行分析。结果患者安全平均得分为 116.85 ± 9。教育干预前为 98，干预后立即为 143.58 ± 7.21，干预后 1 个月为 153.12 ± 9.47。大多数参与者在过去 12 个月中的错误报告率为干预前 3-5 和 6-10 次，干预后立即和干预后 1 个月为 6-10 次。此外，42.4% 的参与者在干预后将患者安全评估为非常好，36.4% 的参与者在干预后 1 个月将其评估为可接受和非常好，而大多数参与者 (45.5%) 在干预前将患者安全评估为可以接受。结论伦理原则教育对护士对患者安全文化的认知有积极作用。因此，建议将其作为提高护士对该变量感知的有效方法。这样，