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•Device-related Complications (22)

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•Identification Errors (14)

•Discontinuities, Gaps, and Hand-Off Problems (61)

•Fatigue and Sleep Deprivation (22)

•Medication Safety (239)

•Medical Complications (73)

•Nonsurgical Procedural Complications (12)

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•Psychological and Social Complications (37)

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•Special or Theme Issue (19)

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Error Types

•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (114)

•Active Errors (97)

•Latent Errors (48)

•Near Miss (20)

Approach to Improving Safety

•Quality Improvement Strategies (113)

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•Error Reporting and Analysis (138)

•Communication Improvement (145)

•Human Factors Engineering (102)

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Nursing

•Medical/Surgical/Psychiatric Nursing (78)

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•Obstetrical Nursing (9)

•Emergency Nursing (27)

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Target Audience

•Health Care Providers (570)

•Health Care Executives and Administrators (617)

•Non-Health Care Professionals (219)

•Patients (12)

Setting of Care

•Hospitals (425)

•Psychiatric Facilities (6)

•Residential Facilities (19)

•Ambulatory Care (28)

•Outpatient Surgery (5)

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STUDY

Achieving quality improvement in the nursing home: influence of nursing leadership on communication and teamwork.

Vogelsmeier A, Scott-Cawiezell J. J Nurs Care Qual. 2011;26:236-242.

COMMENTARY

A model for developing high-reliability teams.

Riley W, Davis SE, Miller KK, McCullough M. J Nurs Manag. 2010;18:556-563.

STUDY

Nurse interruptions pre- and post-implementation of a point-of-care medication administration system.

Stamp KD, Willis DG. J Nurs Care Qual. 2010;25:231-239.

REVIEW

Fall prevention in hospitals: an integrative review.

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

COMMENTARY

Relationships among teams, culture, safety, and cost outcomes.

Brewer BB. West J Nurs Res. 2006;28:641-653.

SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE

Positive Working Relationships Matter for Better Nurse and Patient Outcomes.

Spence Laschinger HK, ed. J Nurs Manag. 2010;18:875-1086.

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.

TOOLKIT

A Systems Approach to Quality Improvement in Long-Term Care: Safe Medication Practices Workbook.

Waltham, MA: Masspro, Massachusetts Coalition for the Prevention of Medical Errors, Massachusetts Extended Care Foundation; 2007.

COMMENTARY

On the scene at Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota.

Malone G, Akre M, Hauck M. Nurs Adm Q. 2009;33:54-61.

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

Framework for patient safety—part 1 and part 2.

Blouin AS, McDonagh KJ. J Nurs Adm. 2011;41:397-400, 450-452.

STUDY

Adoption of National Quality Forum safe practices by magnet hospitals.

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

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 teamwork on missed nursing care.

Kalisch BJ, Lee KH. Nurs Outlook. 2010;58:233-241.

STUDY

Nurses' and nursing assistants' perceptions of patient safety culture in nursing homes.

Hughes CM, Lapane KL. Int J Qual Health Care. 2006;18:281-286.

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.

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

Tragedy into policy: a quantitative study of nurses' attitudes toward patient advocacy activities.

Black LM. Am J Nurs. 2011;111:26-35.

STUDY

A relational leadership perspective on unit-level safety climate.

Thompson DN, Hoffman LA, Sereika SM, et al. J Nurs Adm. 2011;41:479-487.

SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE

Nurses Transforming Care.

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

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