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•Device-related Complications (24)

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•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (121)

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REVIEW

Do calculation errors by nurses cause medication errors in clinical practice? A literature review.

Wright K. Nurse Educ Today. 2010;30:85-97.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Medication errors common for hospital diabetes.

Nursing Times. April 1, 2011.

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.

REVIEW

A literature review of the individual and systems factors that contribute to medication errors in nursing practice.

Brady AM, Malone AM, Fleming S. J Nurs Manag. 2009;17:679-697.

STUDY

Reducing preventable medication safety events by recognizing renal risk.

Fields W, Tedeschi C, Foltz J, et al. Clin Nurse Spec. 2008;22:73-78.

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

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.

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

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.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Manic for medication safety: bar codes and drug information databases are helping to reduce medication errors.

Rogoski RR. Health Manage Technol. February 2007;28:14, 16-18.

COMMENTARY

Medication errors in nursing—part 1 and part 2.

Leufer T, Cleary-Holdforth J. Nurse Educ Pract. 2013;13:213-220.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Error-prone conditions that lead to student nurse-related errors.

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. October 18, 2007;12:1-2.

PRESS RELEASE/ANNOUNCEMENT

2007 Study of Injectable Medication Errors.

Silver Spring, MD: American Nurses Association; June 18, 2007.

REVIEW

The novice nurse and clinical decision-making: how to avoid errors.

Saintsing D, Gibson LM, Pennington AW. J Nurs Manag. 2011;19:354-359.

STUDY

Nurses relate the contributing factors involved in medication errors.

Tang FI, Sheu SJ, Yu S, Wei IL, Chen CH. J Clin Nurs. 2007;16:447-457.

STUDY

Using a multi-method, user centred, prospective hazard analysis to assess care quality and patient safety in a care pathway.

Dean J, Hutchinson A, Hamilton Escoto K, Lawson R. BMC Health Serv Res. 2007;7:89.

STUDY

Challenges in posthospital care: nurses as coaches for medication management.

Costa LL, Poe SS, Lee MC. J Nurs Care Qual. 2011;26:243-251.

REVIEW

Work interruptions and their contribution to medication administration errors: an evidence review.

Biron AD, Loiselle CG, Lavoie-Tremblay M. Worldviews Evid Based Nurs. 2009;6:70-86.

STUDY

The struggle to improve patient care in the face of professional boundaries.

Powell AE, Davies HT. Soc Sci Med. 2012;75:807-814.

STUDY

Use of temporary nurses and nurse and patient safety outcomes in acute care hospital units.

Bae SH, Mark B, Fried B. Health Care Manage Rev. 2010;35:333-344.

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