_____________________________________________________________________________________________________ *Corresponding author: Email: matkodaknikon@gmail.com; Asian Journal of Research in Nursing and Health 3(1): 10-19, 2020; Article no.AJRNH.55278 The Effect of Nursing Documentation and Communication Practices on Patient Safety Practices in the Pemalang Ashari Hospital Herisiyanto 1* , Kohar Sulistyadi 1 , Soehatman Ramli 1 and Syahfirin Abdullah 1 1 School University of Shahid, Jakarta, Indonesia. Authors’ contributions This work was carried out in collaboration among all authors. All authors read and approved the final manuscript. Article Information Editor(s): (1) Carla Maria Ferreira Guerreiro da Silva Mendes, Centro Hospitalar De Setúbal E.P.E, Portugal. Reviewers: (1) Rudval Souza da Silva, State of Bahia University, Brazil. (2) Gunnar Glauco De Cunto Taets, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (3) Nazan Karaoglu, Necmettin Erbakan University, Turkey. (4) Kwasi Agyen-Mensah, University of Cape Coast, Ghana. Complete Peer review History: http://www.sdiarticle4.com/review-history/55278 Received 14 January 2020 Accepted 19 March 2020 Published 08 April 2020 ABSTRACT This study aims to analyze the practice of communication and documentation practices in nursing and the relationship of its influence with patient safety at Ashari Pemalang Hospital. The scope of the research is on the practice of communication and documentation practices carried out in the nursing practice as well as the links and their effects on patient safety. This study uses a quantitative analytic approach with the instrument used i.e. questionnaire. Research data obtained by observation; library research and interviews. The population in this study were all nurses in the treatment room at Pemalang Ashari Hospital as many as 200 nurses. The sample for the purpose of this study was taken using the Slovin Formula which was obtained as many as 133 nurses. Based on the results of this study note that nursing communication and documentation in the nursing process at this hospital has a positive and significant effect on patient safety practices. Simultaneously the two variables have a positive and significant effect on the safety practices of patients undertaking treatment. Generally nurses practice communication with patients, and carry out documentation of the nursing process undertaken by patients. Patients who obtain health services at this hospital obtain a good guarantee of safety. This study shows that the documentation variable in the nursing process has a positive and greatest influence on patient Original Research Article