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STUDY

Structural empowerment and patient safety culture among registered nurses working in adult critical care units.

Armellino D, Quinn Griffin MT, Fitzpatrick JJ. J Nurs Manag. 2010;18:796-803.

STUDY

Worries and concerns experienced by nurse specialists during inter-hospital transports of critically ill patients: a critical incident study.

Gustafsson M, Wennerholm S, Fridlund B. Intensive Crit Care Nurs. 2010;26:138-145.

COMMENTARY

Changing the work environment in ICUs to achieve patient-focused care: the time has come.

McCauley K, Irwin RS. Chest. 2006;130:1571-1578.

SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE

Safety.

Simmons D, ed. Crit Care Nurs Clin North Am. 2010;22:161-290.

COMMENTARY

Unreported errors in the intensive care unit: a case study of the way we work.

Henneman EA. Crit Care Nurse. 2007;27:27-34.

STUDY

Developing and testing a tool to measure nurse/physician communication in the intensive care unit.

Manojlovich M, Saint S, Forman J, Fletcher CE, Keith R, Krein S. J Patient Saf. 2011;7:72-76.

STUDY

Nurses' behaviors and visual scanning patterns may reduce patient identification errors.

Marquard JL, Henneman PL, He Z, Jo J, Fisher DL, Henneman EA. J Exp Psychol Appl. 2011;17:247-256.

STUDY

Strategies used by critical care nurses to identify, interrupt, and correct medical errors.

Henneman EA, Gawlinski A, Blank FS, Henneman PL, Jordan D, McKenzie JB. Am J Crit Care. 2010;19:500-509.

COMMENTARY

Preventing sentinel events caused by family members.

Wall Y, Kautz DD. Dimens Crit Care Nurs. 2011;30:25-27.

STUDY

Medical errors recovered by critical care nurses.

Dykes PC, Rothschild JM, Hurley AC. J Nurs Adm. 2010;40:241-246.

MEETING/CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

Safety in the NICU: preventing medical errors.

Stokowski LA. Highlights of the National Association of Neonatal Nurses 22nd Annual Conference [Medscape.com]. March 8, 2007.

STUDY

On the ball: leadership for patient safety and learning in critical care.

Tregunno D, Jeffs L, Hall LM, Baker R, Doran D, Bassett SB. J Nurs Adm. 2009;39:334-339.

STUDY

Implementing and validating a comprehensive unit-based safety program.

Pronovost P, Weast B, Rosenstein B. J Patient Saf. 2005;1:33-40.

REVIEW

Patient safety in the NICU: a comprehensive review.

Samra HA, McGrath JM, Rollins W. J Perinat Neonatal Nurs. 2011;25:123-132.

STUDY

Frequency and type of errors and near errors reported by critical care nurses.

Balas MC, Scott LD, Rogers AE. Can J Nurs Res. 2006;38:24-41.

STUDY

Moral distress, compassion fatigue, and perceptions about medication errors in certified critical care nurses.

Maiden J, Georges JM, Connelly CD. Dimens Crit Care Nurs. 2011;30:339-345.

STUDY

Comparing errors in ED computer-assisted vs conventional pediatric drug dosing and administration.

Yamamoto L, Kanemori J. Am J Emerg Med. 2010;28:588-592.

STUDY

A model of recovering medical errors in the coronary care unit.

Hurley AC, Rothschild JM, Moore ML, Snydeman C, Dykes PC, Fotakis S. Heart Lung. 2008;37:219-226.

STUDY

Intensive care unit nurses' perceptions of safety after a highly specific safety intervention.

Elder NC, Brungs SM, Nagy M, Kudel I, Render ML. Qual Saf Health Care. 2008;17:25-30.

COMMENTARY

Failure to rescue in neonatal care.

Gephart SM, McGrath JM, Effken JA. J Perinat Neonatal Nurs. 2011;25:275-282.

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