Kepemimpinan efektif merupakan salah satu faktor yang berperan dalam keberhasilan penerapan budaya keselamatan pasien. Tujuan penelitian untuk mengetahui hubungan kepemimpinan efektif Head Nurse dengan penerapan budaya keselamatan pasien. Desain yang digunakan analisis korelasi secara cross sectional pada 206 perawat pelaksana. Analisis data dengan Pearson, Spearman, t independent, dan regresi linear. Hasil analisis menunjukkan hubungan lemah dan positif antara kepemimpinan efektif Head Nurse dengan penerapan budaya keselamatan pasien. Penelitian merekomendasikan peningkatan pengetahuan Head Nurse pada fungsi pengorganisasian dengan pembentukan struktur organisasi, uraian tugas, pelatihan budaya keselamatan pasien, pendidikan keperawatan berlanjut, diskusi keselamatan pasien, atas sistem penghargaan atas penerapan budaya keselamatan pasien.

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Leadership effectiveness is one factor that contributes to successfully patient safety culture applied. This study aimed to identify the correlation of leadership effectiveness of Head Nurse to apply the patient safety culture in the wards. Research design used correlation analytic with cross sectional approach to 206 clinical nurses as samples. Data analysis used Pearson, Spearman, t independent and linier regression.

This study shown there was a weak positive correlation between head nurse leadership effectiveness and the application of patient safety culture by clinical nurses. This study's recommendation were 1) improvement of the head nurses knowledge related to organizational function, 2) appropriate job description, 3) patient safety culture training, 4) continuing nursing education program, and 5) relevant reward system based on patient safety achievement.