The Magpies currently lie 13th in the league table but with a trip to Manchester City on Saturday, the Ivory Coast midfielder has issued a rallying cry to his team-mates.
With only a six-point gap between themselves and the final relegation place - occupied by Wigan - Tiote is keen to clinch league safety sooner rather than later.
Tiote told the Newcastle Chronicle: "I think we have more work to do. You never know what can happen. The Premier League is so, so different to any other league in the world.
"Any team can win four or five games and get out of it. So that's what we will aim to do and then we will be safe."
Tiote's recent antics - totalling in 11 yellow cards and one red - have been toned down after four games without a booking, but the midfielder insists he will not be changing his game.
"That's me. If I change I am not going to be the same player. I just need to keep doing my job. That is the best thing for me," he said.
Currently in his third season for the Magpies after arriving from FC Twente in 2009, Tiote expresses his desire to remain Tyneside.
He said: "I always enjoy playing for Newcastle. Since my first year it has been a great place for me to play.
"And I want it to continue that way for a long time."
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