Abstract: Objective To understand the current status of patient safety culture of new nurses in Chongqing.Methods The new nurses from 18 hospitals of Chongqing were investigated by general information questionnaire and the Hospital Patient Safety Culture Evaluation Questionnaire. Results A total of 825 new nurses were investi-gated. The positive response rate of patient safety culture was 65.9%. The advantage dimensions included organiza-tional learning and continuous improvement (82.8%),teamwork within units (82.0%),manager support for patient safety (80.2%),and supervisor/manager expectations and actions promoting patient safety (77.4%). The disadvantage dimensions were non-punitive responses to errors(43.3%) and frequency of event reported(42.3%). The positive re-sponse rates of patient safety culture in 18 hospitals were from 58.0% to 81.8%.Patient safety culture training of new nurses and overtime work had an impact on the positive response rates of patient safety culture (P<0.05).Conclusion The new nurses in Chongqing have a good level of the patient safety culture in their hospitals. How-ever,the non-punitive responses to errors and frequency of event reported need to be improved. There are gaps in the safety culture of patients in different hospitals.The construction of the safety culture of patients in training of new nurses should be strengthened.

Key words: Questionnaires, Patient Safety, New nursesc