AHRQ Patient Safety Network

The Collection > Nurses

PATIENT SAFETY PRIMERS
Nursing and Patient Safety

Narrow By

clear selections

Safety Target

•Device-related Complications (48)

•Diagnostic Errors (6)

•Identification Errors (29)

•Discontinuities, Gaps, and Hand-Off Problems (104)

•Fatigue and Sleep Deprivation (22)

•Medication Safety (334)

•Medical Complications (82)

•Nonsurgical Procedural Complications (18)

•Surgical Complications (92)

•Transfusion Complications (2)

•Psychological and Social Complications (26)

Origin/Sponsor

•Asia (26)

•Australia and New Zealand (36)

•Central and South America (3)

Resource Types

•Clinical Guideline (5)

•Journal Article (733)

•Legislation/Regulation (14)

•Meeting/Conference (3)

•Newsletter/Journal (3)

•Newspaper/Magazine Article (72)

•Press Release/Announcement (3)

•Special or Theme Issue (16)

•Tools/Toolkit (13)

•Web Resource (10)

Error Types

•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (134)

•Active Errors (113)

•Latent Errors (54)

•Near Miss (24)

Approach to Improving Safety

•Quality Improvement Strategies (214)

•Legal and Policy Approaches (34)

•Error Reporting and Analysis (185)

•Communication Improvement (208)

•Human Factors Engineering (122)

•Teamwork (95)

•Specialization of Care (44)

•Logistical Approaches (115)

•Culture of Safety (132)

•Technologic Approaches (127)

•Education and Training (180)

Clinical Areas

•Allied Health Services (3)

•Medicine (451)

•Nursing (526)

•Pharmacy (74)

Target Audience
< All

Nurses

Setting of Care

•Hospitals (557)

•Psychiatric Facilities (6)

•Residential Facilities (20)

•Ambulatory Care (43)

•Outpatient Surgery (4)

•Patient Transport (4)

1 - 20 of 892

Show ExcerptDon't Show Excerpt

dropdown

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Design for reliability: barcoded medication administration.

Hayden AC, Lanoue ET, Still CJ. Patient Saf Qual Healthc. July/August 2011;8:12-20.

REVIEW

Fall prevention in hospitals: an integrative review.

Spoelstra SL, Given BA, Given CW. Clin Nurs Res. 2012;21:92-112.

STUDY

Medication Administration Time Study (MATS): nursing staff performance of medication administration.

Elganzouri ES, Standish CA, Androwich I. J Nurs Adm. 2009;39:204-210.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Guidelines for timely medication administration: response to the CMS "30-minute rule."

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. January 13, 2011;16:1-4.

STUDY

No interruptions please: impact of a no interruption zone on medication safety in intensive care units.

Anthony K, Wiencek C, Bauer C, Daly B, Anthony MK. Crit Care Nurse. 2010;30:21-29.

REVIEW

Medication administration technologies and patient safety: a mixed-method systematic review.

Wulff K, Cummings GG, Marck P, Yurtseven O. J Adv Nurs. 2011;67:2080-2095.

SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE

CMS 30-minute rule for drug administration needs revision.

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. September 9, 2010;15:1-6.

STUDY

Empowering frontline nurses: a structured intervention enables nurses to improve medication administration accuracy.

Kliger J, Blegen MA, Gootee D, O'Neil E. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2009;35:604-612.

COMMENTARY

Implementing a safe and reliable process for medication administration.

Richardson B, Bromirski B, Hayden A. Clin Nurse Spec. 2012;26:169-176.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Scanner beep only means the barcode has been scanned.

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. June 30, 2011;16:1-2.

STUDY

Adoption of National Quality Forum safe practices by magnet hospitals.

Jayawardhana J, Welton JM, Lindrooth R. J Nurs Adm. 2011;41:350-356.

REVIEW

Research on nursing handoffs for medical and surgical settings: an integrative review.

Staggers N, Blaz JW. J Adv Nurs. 2013;69:247-262.

COMMENTARY

A performance improvement plan to increase nurse adherence to use of medication safety software.

Gavriloff C. J Pediatr Nurs. 2012;27:375-382.

STUDY

A secondary care nursing perspective on medication administration safety.

McBride-Henry K, Foureur M. J Adv Nurs. 2007;60:58-66.

STUDY

The impact of traditional and smart pump infusion technology on nurse medication administration performance in a simulated inpatient unit.

Trbovich PL, Pinkney S, Cafazzo JA, Easty AC. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19:430-434.

COMMENTARY

Time to get off this pig's back?: the human factors aspects of the mismatch between device and real-world knowledge in the health care environment.

Nunnally ME, Bitan Y. J Patient Saf. 2006;2:124-131.

COMMENTARY

Improving the safety of medication administration using an interactive CD-ROM program.

Schneider PJ, Pedersen CA, Montanya KR, et al. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2006;63:59-64.

SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE

Nurses Transforming Care.

Am J Nurs. 2009;109(suppl 11):3-80, C3.

COMMENTARY

Medication errors: don't let them happen to you.

Anderson P, Townsend T. Amer Nurs Today. March 2010;5:23-27.

STUDY

Bar code medication administration technology: characterization of high-alert medication triggers and clinician workarounds.

Miller DF, Fortier CR, Garrison KL. Ann Pharmacother. 2011;45:162-168.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Next >