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Safety Target

•Device-related Complications (154)

•Diagnostic Errors (128)

•Identification Errors (101)

•Discontinuities, Gaps, and Hand-Off Problems (450)

•Fatigue and Sleep Deprivation (172)

•Medication Safety (1153)

•Medical Complications (409)

•Nonsurgical Procedural Complications (62)

•Surgical Complications (326)

•Transfusion Complications (22)

•Psychological and Social Complications (120)

Origin/Sponsor

•Australia and New Zealand (76)

•Central and South America (5)

•Europe (237)

•North America (3121)

Resource Types

•Audiovisual (36)

•Book/Report (144)

•Clinical Guideline (6)

•Journal Article (2669)

•Legislation/Regulation (40)

•Meeting/Conference (14)

•Newsletter/Journal (5)

•Newspaper/Magazine Article (452)

•Press Release/Announcement (7)

•Special or Theme Issue (32)

•Tools/Toolkit (46)

•Web Resource (58)

Error Types

•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (1275)

•Active Errors (439)

•Latent Errors (215)

•Near Miss (72)

Approach to Improving Safety

•Quality Improvement Strategies (795)

•Legal and Policy Approaches (320)

•Error Reporting and Analysis (1052)

•Communication Improvement (746)

•Human Factors Engineering (368)

•Teamwork (225)

•Specialization of Care (247)

•Logistical Approaches (392)

•Culture of Safety (457)

•Technologic Approaches (605)

•Education and Training (649)

Clinical Areas

•Allied Health Services (10)

•Dentistry (1)

•Medicine (2310)

•Nursing (681)

•Pharmacy (424)

Target Audience

•Health Care Providers (2435)

•Health Care Executives and Administrators (2765)

•Non-Health Care Professionals (1110)

•Patients (274)

Setting of Care

•Hospitals (2710)

•Psychiatric Facilities (16)

•Residential Facilities (76)

•Ambulatory Care (316)

•Outpatient Surgery (37)

•Patient Transport (18)

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STUDY

Nurse staffing, burnout, and health care–associated infection.

Cimiotti JP, Aiken LH, Sloane DM, Wu ES. Am J Infect Control. 2012;40:486-490.

COMMENTARY

A nurse-driven system for improving patient quality outcomes.

Johnson K, Hallsey D, Meredith RL, Warden E. J Nurs Care Qual. 2006;21:168-175.

STUDY

Hospital nurse staffing and patient mortality, emotional exhaustion, and job dissatisfaction.

Halm M, Peterson M, Kandels M, et al. Clin Nurse Spec. 2005;19:241-251.

REVIEW

Sleepy nurses: are we willing to accept the challenge today?

Surani S, Murphy J, Shah A. Nurs Adm Q. 2007;31:146-151.

STUDY

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Nurse staffing in hospitals: is there a business case for quality?

Needleman J, Buerhaus PI, Stewart M, Zelevinsky K, Mattke S. Health Aff (Millwood). 2006;25:204-211.

STUDY

Effects of learning climate and registered nurse staffing on medication errors.

Chang Y, Mark B. Nurs Res. 2011;60:32-39.

STUDY

A human factors framework and study of the effect of nursing workload on patient safety and employee quality of working life.

Holden RJ, Scanlon MC, Patel NR, et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2011;20:15-24.

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Nurse working conditions and patient safety outcomes.

Stone PW, Mooney-Kane C, Larson EL, et al. Med Care. 2007;45:571-578.

STUDY

Nurses' work schedule characteristics, nurse staffing, and patient mortality.

Trinkoff AM, Johantgen M, Storr CL, Gurses AP, Liang Y, Han K. Nurs Res. 2011;60:1-8.

STUDY

Implementing a fatigue countermeasures program for nurses: a focus group analysis.

Scott LD, Hofmeister N, Rogness N, Rogers AE. J Nurs Adm. 2010;40:233-240.

STUDY

Performance-based payment incentives increase burden and blame for hospital nurses.

Kurtzman ET, O'Leary D, Sheingold BH, Devers KJ, Dawson EM, Johnson JE. Health Aff (Millwood). 2011;30:211-218.

STUDY

Do staffing levels predict missed nursing care?

Kalisch BJ, Tschannen D, Lee KH. Int J Qual Health Care. 2011;23:302-308.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Hospitals cutting nurses' long shifts.

Kowalczyk L. Boston Globe. September 17, 2005:A1.

BOOK/REPORT classic

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Keeping Patients Safe: Transforming the Work Environment of Nurses.

Committee on the Work Environment for Nurses and Patient Safety, Board on Health Care Services, Page A, ed. Washington, DC: National Academies Press; 2004.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Going to the hospital? Don't forget to pack a nurse.

Tugend A. New York Times. September 17, 2005;Business/Finance section:9.

STUDY

Relationship between systems-level factors and hand hygiene adherence.

Dunn-Navarra AM, Cohen B, Stone PW, Pogorzelska M, Jordan S, Larson E. J Nurs Care Qual. 2011;26:30-38.

STUDY

Hospital staff nurses' shift length associated with safety and quality of care.

Stimpfel AW, Aiken LH. J Nurs Care Qual. 2013;28:122-129.

STUDY

Longitudinal analyses of nurse staffing and patient outcomes: more about failure to rescue.

Seago JA, Williamson A, Atwood C. J Nurs Adm. 2006;36:13-21.

STUDY

Daytime sleepiness, sleep habits and occupational accidents among hospital nurses.

Suzuki K, Ohida T, Kaneita Y, Yokoyama E, Uchiyama M. J Adv Nurs. 2005;52:445-453.

STUDY

Barriers and facilitators to communicating nursing errors in long-term care settings.

Wagner LM, Damianakis T, Pho L, Tourangeau A. J Patient Saf. 2013;9:1-7.

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