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REVIEW
The effect of nurse staffing patterns on medical errors and nurse burnout.
Garrett C. AORN J. 2008;87:1191-1192, 1194, 1196-1200, 1202-1204.
COMMENTARY
A plan for achieving significant improvement in patient safety.
Johnson K, Maultsby CC. J Nurs Care Qual. 2007;22:164-171.
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.
STUDY
Effects of nursing rounds on patients' call light use, satisfaction, and safety.
Meade CM, Bursell AL, Ketelsen L. Am J Nurs. 2006;106:58-70.
COMMENTARY
The Unfinished Patient Safety Agenda
Aiken LH. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. July/August 2005.
BOOK/REPORT
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.
STUDY
Improving nurse-to-patient staffing ratios as a cost-effective safety intervention.
Rothberg MB, Abraham I, Lindenauer PK, Rose DN. Med Care. 2005;43:785-791.
STUDY
Spreading a medication administration intervention organizationwide in six hospitals.
Kliger J, Singer S, Hoffman F, O'Neil E. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2012;38:51-60.
STUDY
Managing unnecessary variability in patient demand to reduce nursing stress and improve patient safety.
Litvak E, Buerhaus PI, Davidoff F, Long MC, McManus ML, Berwick DM. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2005;31:330-338.
STUDY
Using a computerized sign-out system to improve physician–nurse communication.
Sidlow R, Katz-Sidlow RJ. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2006;32:32-36.
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
Barriers to nurses' reporting of medication administration errors in Taiwan.
Chiang HY, Pepper GA. J Nurs Scholarsh. 2006;38:392-399.
STUDY
Safety culture of nursing homes: opinions of top managers.
Castle NG, Wagner LM, Ferguson JC, Handler SM. Health Care Manage Rev. 2011;36:175-187.
STUDY
Medical emergency team calls in the radiology department: patient characteristics and outcomes.
Ott LK, Pinsky MR, Hoffman LA, et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2012 Mar 2; [Epup ahead of print].
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.
NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE
Point-of-care medication error prevention: best practices in action.
Swenson D. Patient Saf Qual Healthc. May/June 2007;4:18-25.
NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE
Healing the hospital hierarchy.
Brown T. New York Times. March 17, 2013:SR5.
COMMENTARY
Workaround Error
Pape T. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. Febuary 2006.
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.
REVIEW
Can technology improve intershift report? What the research reveals.
Strople B, Ottani P. J Prof Nurs. 2006;22:197-204.
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