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•Device-related Complications (25)

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•Discontinuities, Gaps, and Hand-Off Problems (67)

•Fatigue and Sleep Deprivation (22)

•Medication Safety (250)

•Medical Complications (76)

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Error Types

•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (118)

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Approach to Improving Safety

•Quality Improvement Strategies (121)

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•Medical/Surgical/Psychiatric Nursing (86)

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Target Audience

•Health Care Providers (604)

•Health Care Executives and Administrators (634)

•Non-Health Care Professionals (225)

•Patients (16)

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•Hospitals (454)

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•Residential Facilities (18)

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COMMENTARY

Smart pumps: implications for nurse leaders.

Kirkbride G, Vermace B. Nurs Adm Q. 2011;35:110-118.

REVIEW

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

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

STUDY

Adoption of National Quality Forum safe practices by magnet hospitals.

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

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.

COMMENTARY

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

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

COMMENTARY

Cascade iatrogenesis: factors leading to the development of adverse events in hospitalized older adults.

Thornlow DK, Anderson R, Oddone E. Int J Nurs Stud. 2009;46:1528-1535.

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

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.

COMMENTARY

Increasing the use of 'smart' pump drug libraries by nurses: a continuous quality improvement project.

Harding AD. Am J Nurs. 2012;112:26-35.

STUDY

The effect of hospital electronic health record adoption on nurse-assessed quality of care and patient safety.

Kutney-Lee A, Kelly D. J Nurs Adm. 2011;41:466-472.

REVIEW

Fall prevention in hospitals: an integrative review.

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

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.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Results of ISMP survey on high-alert medications: differences between nursing, pharmacy, and risk/quality/safety perspectives.

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. February 9, 2012;17:1-4.

STUDY

Medication safety initiative in reducing medication errors.

Nguyen EE, Connolly PM, Wong V. J Nurs Care Qual. 2010;25:224-230.

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.

STUDY

Older adults' perceptions of feeling safe in urban and rural acute care.

Lasiter S, Duffy J. J Nurs Adm. 2013;43:30-66.

STUDY

Nurses' work schedule characteristics, nurse staffing, and patient mortality.

Trinkoff AM, Johantgen M, Storr CL, Gurses AP, Liang Y, Han K. Nurs Res. 2011;60:1-8.

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.

STUDY

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

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

STUDY

Identifying the latent failures underpinning medication administration errors: an exploratory study.

Lawton R, Carruthers S, Gardner P, Wright J, McEachan RR. Health Serv Res. 2012;47:1437-1459.

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