Table 4:

Results of Investigation Structured Pilot Test on One Nursing Unit: Attitudes of Front-line Nurses Toward Reporting

	Baseline Survey	Survey after Pilot Test
Response Rate	22 of 54 (40.7%)	29 of 59 (49.2%)
Composite Measures
Confidence in Reporting, % Positive Responses	70.5%	82.7%
Communication About Error, % Positive Responses	74.2%	70.1%
Reporting Patient Safety Events, % Positive Responses	70.5%	69.0%
Individual Items
Blame-free Culture, % Positive Responses	86.4%	82.8%
Incident Report Submissions, 0–4+
None	15 (68.2%)	19 (65.5%)
1	5 (22.7%)	5 (17.2%)
2	1 (4.5%)	2 (6.9%)
3	1 (4.5%)	1 (3.4%)
4 or more	0 (0%)	2 (6.9%)
Time per Report, Mean Minutes (SD)*	10 (5.8)	15.5 (10.0)

^*Excludes missing responses