AHRQ Patient Safety Network

The Collection > Nurse Managers

Narrow By

clear selections

Safety Target

•Device-related Complications (23)

•Diagnostic Errors (2)

•Identification Errors (15)

•Discontinuities, Gaps, and Hand-Off Problems (70)

•Fatigue and Sleep Deprivation (22)

•Medication Safety (226)

•Medical Complications (73)

•Nonsurgical Procedural Complications (14)

•Surgical Complications (49)

•Psychological and Social Complications (28)

Origin/Sponsor

•Asia (21)

•Australia and New Zealand (30)

•Central and South America (2)

Resource Types

•Journal Article (576)

•Legislation/Regulation (5)

•Meeting/Conference (4)

•Newspaper/Magazine Article (27)

•Press Release/Announcement (1)

•Special or Theme Issue (13)

•Tools/Toolkit (6)

•Web Resource (4)

Error Types

•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (107)

•Active Errors (87)

•Latent Errors (42)

•Near Miss (22)

Approach to Improving Safety

•Quality Improvement Strategies (114)

•Legal and Policy Approaches (21)

•Error Reporting and Analysis (123)

•Communication Improvement (134)

•Human Factors Engineering (91)

•Teamwork (78)

•Specialization of Care (34)

•Logistical Approaches (107)

•Culture of Safety (114)

•Technologic Approaches (72)

•Education and Training (136)

Clinical Areas

•Allied Health Services (1)

•Medicine (292)

•Nursing (517)

•Pharmacy (42)

Target Audience
< All

Nurse Managers

Setting of Care

•Hospitals (432)

•Psychiatric Facilities (5)

•Residential Facilities (19)

•Ambulatory Care (22)

•Outpatient Surgery (2)

•Patient Transport (3)

1 - 20 of 655

Show ExcerptDon't Show Excerpt

dropdown

STUDY

Association of interruptions with an increased risk and severity of medication administration errors.

Westbrook JI, Woods A, Rob MI, Dunsmuir WTM, Day RO. Arch Intern Med. 2010;170:683-690.

STUDY

From the school of nursing quality and safety officer: nursing students' use of safety reporting tools and their perception of safety issues in clinical settings.

Cooper E. J Prof Nurs. 2013;29:109-116.

COMMENTARY

2009 National Patient Safety Goals.

Saufl NM. J Perianesth Nurs. 2009;24:114-118.

STUDY

The application of Aronson's taxonomy to medication errors in nursing.

Johnson M, Young H. J Nurs Care Qual. 2011;26:128-135.

STUDY

Designing for distractions: a human factors approach to decreasing interruptions at a centralised medication station.

Colligan L, Guerlain S, Steck SE, Hoke TR. BMJ Qual Saf. 2012;21:939-947.

STUDY

Why patient summaries in electronic health records do not provide the cognitive support necessary for nurses' handoffs on medical and surgical units: insights from interviews and observations.

Staggers N, Clark L, Blaz JW, Kapsandoy S. Health Informatics J. 2011;17:209-223.

COMMENTARY

Using simulation to teach nursing students and licensed clinicians obstetric emergencies.

Alderman JT. MCN Am J Matern Child Nurs. 2012;37:394-400.

STUDY

Adverse drug events caused by serious medication administration errors.

Kale A, Keohane CA, Maviglia S, Gandhi TK, Poon EG. BMJ Qual Saf. 2012;21:933-938.

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.

REVIEW

Fall prevention in hospitals: an integrative review.

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

STUDY

Improving patient safety using the sterile cockpit principle during medication administration: a collaborative, unit-based project.

Fore AM, Sculli GL, Albee D, Neily J. J Nurs Manag. 2013;21:106-111.

REVIEW

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

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

BOOK/REPORT classic

The Silent Treatment: Why Safety Tools and Checklists Aren't Enough to Save Lives.

Maxfield D, Grenny J, Lavandero R, Groah L. Provo, UT: VitalSmarts; 2011.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Smart pump custom concentrations without hard "low concentration" alerts.

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. February 23, 2012;17:1,3-4.

STUDY

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

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

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.

STUDY

Patient safety, quality care, and service utilization with PLATO (Physician Leadership for Accurate and Timely Orders): a pilot study.

Brunt BA, Gifford IL. J Nurses Staff Dev. 2009;25:E11-E18.

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.

STUDY

Prevalence of error-prone abbreviations used in medication prescribing for hospitalised patients: multi-hospital evaluation.

Dooley MJ, Wiseman M, Gu G. Intern Med J. 2012;42:e19-e22.

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.

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