The Relationship and Predictive Power of Systemic Thinking With the Attitude, Knowledge and Skills of Nursing Students in the Field of Patient Safety.

AIMS: The aim of this study was to determine the relationship and predictive power of systemic thinking with the attitude, knowledge and skills of nursing students in the field of patient safety. DESIGN: Descriptive correlational design. METHODS: This study was conducted among 228 final-year nursing students selected via census from three universities in southern Iran from September 2023 to January 2024. Information was collected followed by administering demographic, systemic thinking and attitude, knowledge, skills questionnaires regarding patient safety. RESULTS: The participants' systemic thinking mean score was at a high level. Their total mean score of attitude, knowledge, and skills towards safety was at a moderate level. Furthermore, a relatively weak significant relationship was observed between the participants' systemic thinking and their total mean score of attitude, knowledge and skills. CONCLUSIONS: The professors and managers of nursing schools in the field of policy making can employ the present study findings to provide patient-centered care by planning and improving the nursing students' knowledge in the field of patient safety. IMPLICATIONS FOR THE PROFESSION AND/OR PATIENT CARE: By promoting systemic thinking and increasing knowledge, attitude and skills in the field of patient safety, it helps nurses to provide safe and quality care. PUBLIC CONTRIBUTION: All the participants of this study were final year nursing students in three nursing schools of Shiraz, Kerman and Bandar Abbas in Iran who were included in the study based on the entry criteria.