Nowadays everybody expects the best possible health care and securing safety while receiving health care is a challenge and a priority for every health system. Therefore, the patient and his security should be at the heart of quality health care. Objective: This study aims to explain the attitudes of nurses OB Sibenik on patient safety with respect to the existing legislation in the Republic of Croatia. Methods: graduate work was made by analysis of professional and scientific literature on patient safety, the legislation on the safety of patients in Croatia, as well as a questionnaire conducted among 90 nurses from OB Sibenik in a period of three months. Contribution to the area: Any unintended and/or unexpected incident that led to damage to one or more of patients undermines their safety. According to a range of adverse events range from an average of 9% to 11% of all hospitalized patients. Half of these events could be prevented. In addition to great damage to the patient, whether physical, mental, family members and society as a whole also get hurt. The financial damage to the health care system often takes on enormous proportions, all these costs burdening taxpayers. The negative public image further destabilize on those who provide health care, and those who receive that care. Nurses, as the most numerous members of health teams, have the right and obligation to know all the parameters that can contribute to the quality of their work and to the greatest benefit of patients. To obtain the effectiveness of the process, common framework is needed, a partnership that ensures synergy between health care institutions, health care professionals and patients. It is necessary to provide ongoing education for nurses, as well as the inclusion of courses on patient safety at all levels of education. Although the reflection on this subject is relatively new, it is not possible to plan out the professional future of nurses without considering patient’s safety.