This study will be conducted to determine the relationship between the perception of safety culture among healthcare professionals working in an outpatient surgical unit and the level of safety patients feel during surgery performed under local anesthesia.

The study population consists of healthcare professionals (N = 140) working in the Day Surgery Unit of Bursa Uludağ University Faculty of Medicine Hospital and patients undergoing procedures. The sample size calculation for the healthcare professionals to be included in the study was determined using the known population sampling method. Using the Raosoft sampling method, with a 5% margin of error and a 95% confidence interval, the minimum required sample size (n) was calculated to be 103. It was decided that the study would include healthcare professionals and patients in a 1:1 ratio. Therefore, the total sample size was calculated to be 206.

Data will be collected using the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture (Version 2.0) and the Feeling Safe During Surgery Scale.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Currently working as a healthcare professional in an outpatient surgical unit,
• No visual, auditory, or psychological impairments that would prevent them from completing the questionnaires and scales,
• At least a graduate of a vocational high school for healthcare professions,
• Patients scheduled for elective surgery under local anesthesia,
• Patients and nurses who voluntarily agreed to participate in the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Refusal to voluntarily participate in the study,
• Presence of any visual, auditory, or psychological impairments that would prevent the completion of questionnaires and scales,
• Individuals who are not healthcare professionals.
• Patients undergoing emergency surgical procedures or those under general anesthesia.

Healthcare professionals working in the day surgery unit and patients undergoing procedures under local anesthesia