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Safety Target

•Device-related Complications (79)

•Diagnostic Errors (28)

•Identification Errors (52)

•Discontinuities, Gaps, and Hand-Off Problems (189)

•Fatigue and Sleep Deprivation (32)

•Medication Safety (809)

•Medical Complications (211)

•Nonsurgical Procedural Complications (39)

•Surgical Complications (175)

•Transfusion Complications (6)

•Psychological and Social Complications (51)

Origin/Sponsor

•Africa (1)

•Asia (51)

•Australia and New Zealand (81)

•Central and South America (7)

•Europe (268)

•North America (1385)

Resource Types

•Audiovisual (11)

•Award (5)

•Book/Report (56)

•Clinical Guideline (3)

•Journal Article (1531)

•Legislation/Regulation (14)

•Meeting/Conference (9)

•Newsletter/Journal (3)

•Newspaper/Magazine Article (116)

•Press Release/Announcement (9)

•Special or Theme Issue (30)

•Tools/Toolkit (22)

•Web Resource (28)

Error Types

•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (455)

•Active Errors (276)

•Latent Errors (103)

•Near Miss (52)

Approach to Improving Safety

•Quality Improvement Strategies (452)

•Legal and Policy Approaches (98)

•Error Reporting and Analysis (628)

•Communication Improvement (404)

•Human Factors Engineering (255)

•Teamwork (196)

•Specialization of Care (121)

•Logistical Approaches (170)

•Culture of Safety (519)

•Technologic Approaches (323)

•Education and Training (377)

Clinical Areas

•Allied Health Services (10)

•Complementary and Alternative Medicine (1)

Target Audience

•Health Care Providers (1364)

•Health Care Executives and Administrators (1702)

•Non-Health Care Professionals (629)

•Patients (55)

Setting of Care

•Hospitals (1221)

•Psychiatric Facilities (9)

•Residential Facilities (46)

•Ambulatory Care (117)

•Outpatient Surgery (10)

•Patient Transport (15)

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BOOK/REPORT

Focus on Patient Safety.

Fitzpatrick J, Stone P, Hinton-Walker P, eds. Annual Review of Nursing Research. New York, NY: Springer; 2006. ISBN: 0826141366.

STUDY

A relational leadership perspective on unit-level safety climate.

Thompson DN, Hoffman LA, Sereika SM, et al. J Nurs Adm. 2011;41:479-487.

STUDY

Nurses' perceptions of causes of medication errors and barriers to reporting.

Ulanimo VM, O'Leary-Kelley C, Connolly PM. J Nurs Care Qual. 2007;22:28-33.

STUDY

Hospital RNs' experiences with disruptive behavior: a qualitative study.

Walrath JM, Dang D, Nyberg D. J Nurs Care Qual. 2010;25:105-116.

COMMENTARY

Medication room madness: calming the chaos.

Conrad C, Fields W, McNamara T, Cone M. J Nurs Care Qual. 2009;25:137-144.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Following the patient journey to improve medicines management and reduce errors.

Crocker C. Nurs Times. 2009 Nov 24;105:12-15.

STUDY

An investigation of the relationship between safety climate and medication errors as well as other nurse and patient outcomes.

Hofmann DA, Mark B. Personnel Psychol. 2006;59:847-869.

STUDY

Tragedy into policy: a quantitative study of nurses' attitudes toward patient advocacy activities.

Black LM. Am J Nurs. 2011;111:26-35.

STUDY

Achieving quality improvement in the nursing home: influence of nursing leadership on communication and teamwork.

Vogelsmeier A, Scott-Cawiezell J. J Nurs Care Qual. 2011;26:236-242.

STUDY

The association of shift-level nurse staffing with adverse patient events.

Patrician PA, Loan L, McCarthy M, et al. J Nurs Adm. 2011;41:64-70.

REVIEW

A literature review of the individual and systems factors that contribute to medication errors in nursing practice.

Brady AM, Malone AM, Fleming S. J Nurs Manag. 2009;17:679-697.

STUDY

Influence of unit-level staffing on medication errors and falls in military hospitals.

Breckenridge-Sproat S, Johantgen M, Patrician P. West J Nurs Res. 2012;34:455-474.

STUDY

Do nurse and patient injuries share common antecedents? An analysis of associations with safety climate and working conditions.

Taylor JA, Dominici F, Agnew J, Gerwin D, Morlock L, Miller MR. BMJ Qual Saf. 2012;21:101-111.

COMMENTARY

A model for developing high-reliability teams.

Riley W, Davis SE, Miller KK, McCullough M. J Nurs Manag. 2010;18:556-563.

COMMENTARY

Patient safety outcomes: the importance of understanding the organizational culture and safety climate.

Ross J. J Perianesth Nurs. 2011;26:347-348.

COMMENTARY

Increasing the use of 'smart' pump drug libraries by nurses: a continuous quality improvement project.

Harding AD. Am J Nurs. 2012;112:26-35.

STUDY

Nursing home error and level of staff credentials.

Scott-Cawiezell J, Pepper GA, Madsen RW, Petroski G, Vogelsmeier A, Zellmer D. Clin Nurs Res. 2007;16:72-78.

STUDY

Nurses' responses to medication errors: suggestions for the development of organizational strategies to improve reporting.

Covell CL, Ritchie JA. J Nurs Care Qual. 2009;24:287-297.

STUDY

The effect of executive walk rounds on nurse safety climate attitudes: a randomized trial of clinical units.

Thomas EJ, Sexton JB, Neilands TB, Frankel A, Helmreich RL. BMC Health Serv Res. 2005;5:28.

STUDY

Variations in nursing care quality across hospitals.

Lucero RJ, Lake ET, Aiken LH. J Adv Nurs. 2009;65:2299-2310.

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