Background: Adequate incident reporting practices for clinical incident among nurses and even all healthcare providers in clinical practice settings is crucial to enhance patient safety and improve the quality of care delivery. This study aimed to investigate the level of awareness of incident reporting practices and identify the barriers that impact incident reporting among Jordanian nurses. Methods: A descriptive design using a cross-sectional survey was employed among 308 nurses in 15 different hospitals in Jordan. Data collection was conducted between November 2019 and July 2020 using an Incident Reporting Scale. Results: The participants showed a high level of awareness of the incident reporting with a mean score of 7.3 (SD = 2.5), representing 94.8% of the highest score. Nurses perceived their reporting practices at the medium level, with a mean score of 2.23 out of 4. The main reporting barriers included worrying about disciplinary actions, fearing being blamed, and forgetting to make a report. In regard to awareness of incident reporting, there were statistically significant differences in the mean for total awareness of the incident reporting system scores according to the type of hospital (p < .005*). In regard to self-perceived reporting practices, nurses working in accredited hospitals demonstrated statistically significant differences in self-perceived reporting practices (t = 0.62, p < .005). Conclusions: The current results provide empirical results about perceived incident reporting practices and perceived barriers to reporting frequently. Recommendations are made to urge nursing policymakers and legislators to provide solutions for those barriers, such as managing staffing issues, nursing shortage, nurses’ empowerment, and fear of disciplinary actions by front-line nurse managers.

Healthcare organizations and public institutions give more priority to commitment and performance as tools to measure nursing care outcome with regards to patient’s safety and quality care. Our aim was to evaluate the level of nurse’s commitment and performance among Jordanian nurses. A cross-sectional study was conducted in between September and October 2018 among 132 nurses in 2 major government hospitals in Jordan. The subjects were selected using Proportionate stratified random sampling. The data were collected using a self-administered questionnaire. The nurses showed moderate job performance with total mean (131.6 ± 8.5). The level of commitment was moderate (56.4 ± 1.9). Nurses’ commitment (r = 0.384; P < .01) and performance (r = 0.33; P < .01) was significantly and positively correlated with educational level and work experience (r = 0.374; P < .01). No significant difference observed between male and female in terms of performance and commitment (P > .05). Nurse performance and commitment were influenced by education and experience with education (β = 0.291, P < .001) contributing significantly than experience (β = 0.280, P < .001). The findings of the study have broadened the scope of knowledge in the existing literature. Stakeholders should strengthen continued education to nurses and stimulate their love of the nursing profession.