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OBJECTIVES This study aims to critically appraise and synthesize nurses' learning culture of patient safety in the hospital. METHODS A qualitative phenomenological approach was followed. The purposeful sampling method was employed. Eleven participants met the criteria's including seven staff nurses, one nurse team leader, one head nurse in the ward, one patient safety team and one head nurse. Data were collected using in-depth interview protocol and analyzed using Colaizzi's method. RESULTS Four main themes described the nurses' learning culture of patient safety in the hospital: (1) the stages of developing a learning culture with categories awareness, preparedness, implementation and maintenance; (2) learning activities with categories training; group learning through discussion and reflection of cases; individual learning; (3) learning culture support with categories managers, peers, and individuals; (4) learning focus with categories patient safety goals and culture. CONCLUSION The learning culture of nurses was developed through 4 stages with a variation of learning methods with the focus on goals and safety culture through the support of managers, groups, and individuals.