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Abstract

This study aims to investigate the level of knowledge on, attitudes toward, and performance of patient safety management of nursing college students who have experienced clinical practice. The subjects were 200 juniors in the nursing department of three universities in D city. Data was collected from November 20th to 30th, 2016. Data was analyzed using SPSS 21.0 program; descriptive statistics, t-test and, one-way analysis of variance were conducted and Pearson correlation coefficient was derived. Nursing students' knowledge on and attitudes toward patient safety management were found to have a significant effect on their level of performance of patient safety management. Therefore, it is necessary to raise nursing students' level of performance of safety management by incorporating within the curriculum education on the knowledge on and proper attitudes toward patient safety management.