Nursing students’ patient safety competencies in the classroom and clinical settings: a cross-sectional study

BMC Nursing

Table 1 General characteristics information of nursing students (n = 215)

Variables	Categories	n	%
Gender	Female	128	40.5
Gender	Male	87	59.5
Age groups	< 25	193	89.8
Age groups	≤ 25	22	10.2
Attendance at patient safety training	Yes	61	28.4
Attendance at patient safety training	No	153	71.6
Observation of medical and nursing errors	Yes	191	88.8
Observation of medical and nursing errors	No	24	11.2
Reporting errors to educators	Yes	168	78.1
Reporting errors to educators	No	47	21.9
Reporting errors to hospital staff	Yes	88	40.9
Reporting errors to hospital staff	No	127	59.1
Reporting errors to peer students	Yes	168	78.1
Reporting errors to peer students	No	47	21.9

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