AHRQ Patient Safety Network

The Collection > Medical/Surgical/Psychiatric Nursing

Narrow By

clear selections

Safety Target

•Device-related Complications (5)

•Diagnostic Errors (1)

•Identification Errors (5)

•Discontinuities, Gaps, and Hand-Off Problems (8)

•Medication Safety (36)

•Medical Complications (12)

•Nonsurgical Procedural Complications (1)

•Surgical Complications (44)

•Psychological and Social Complications (9)

Origin/Sponsor

•Asia (2)

•Australia and New Zealand (3)

•Europe (15)

•North America (78)

Resource Types

•Audiovisual (1)

•Clinical Guideline (1)

•Journal Article (82)

•Legislation/Regulation (2)

•Newspaper/Magazine Article (7)

•Special or Theme Issue (3)

•Tools/Toolkit (2)

•Web Resource (2)

Error Types

•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (19)

•Active Errors (19)

•Latent Errors (3)

•Near Miss (3)

Approach to Improving Safety

•Quality Improvement Strategies (24)

•Legal and Policy Approaches (4)

•Error Reporting and Analysis (18)

•Communication Improvement (31)

•Human Factors Engineering (19)

•Teamwork (21)

•Logistical Approaches (13)

•Culture of Safety (20)

•Technologic Approaches (12)

•Education and Training (18)

Clinical Areas
< All

Medical/Surgical/Psychiatric Nursing

Target Audience

•Health Care Providers (89)

•Health Care Executives and Administrators (86)

•Non-Health Care Professionals (32)

•Patients (4)

Setting of Care

•Hospitals (87)

•Psychiatric Facilities (4)

•Residential Facilities (1)

•Ambulatory Care (1)

•Outpatient Surgery (3)

1 - 20 of 100

Show ExcerptDon't Show Excerpt

dropdown

COMMENTARY

Increasing patient safety and surgical team communication by using a count/time out board.

Edel EM. AORN J. 2010;92:420-424.

COMMENTARY

Communication in the perioperative setting.

Cvetic E. AORN J. 2011;94:261-270.

COMMENTARY

Counting for patient safety.

Watson DS. AORN J. 2006;84:273-275.

STUDY

Adherence to a medication safety protocol: current practice for labeling medications and solutions on the sterile field.

Brown-Brumfield D, DeLeon A. AORN J. 2010;91:610-617.

STUDY

Causes of near misses: perceptions of perioperative nurses.

Cohoon B. AORN J. 2011;93:551-565.

STUDY

Risk factors associated with incorrect surgical counts.

Rowlands A. AORN J. 2012;96:272-284.

COMMENTARY

The normalization of deviance: what are the perioperative risks?

McNamara SA. AORN J. 2011;93:796-801.

COMMENTARY

A nurse-led approach to developing and implementing a collaborative count policy.

Norton EK, Micheli AJ, Gedney J, Felkerson TM. AORN J. 2012;95:222-227.

STUDY

Interruptions and miscommunications in surgery: an observational study.

Gillespie BM, Chaboyer W, Fairweather N. AORN J. 2012;95:576-590.

COMMENTARY

Creating a culture of safety by using checklists.

Huang L, Kim R, Berry W. AORN J. 2013;97:365-368.

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.

REVIEW

Noise in the operating room—what do we know? A review of the literature.

Hasfeldt D, Laerkner E, Birkelund R. J Perianesth Nurs. 2010;25:380-386.

COMMENTARY

Implementing AORN recommended practices for prevention of retained surgical items.

Goldberg JL, Feldman DL. AORN J. 2012;95:205-219.

COMMENTARY

Time out: an analysis.

Dillon KA. AORN J. 2008;88:437-442.

ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY/GUIDELINES

AORN Guidance Statement: Safe Medication Practices in Perioperative Settings Across the Life Span.

AORN J. 2006;84:276-278, 280-283.

COMMENTARY

"Managing up" can improve teamwork in the OR.

Smith SL. AORN J. 2010;91:576-582.

ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY/GUIDELINES

AORN guidance statement: creating a patient safety culture.

AORN J. 2006;83:936-942.

STUDY

Clinical scenarios: enhancing the skill set of the nurse as a vigilant guardian.

Jacobson T, Belcher E, Sarr B, Riutta E, Ferrier JD, Botten MA. J Contin Educ Nurs. 2010;41:347-353.

COMMENTARY

Knowledge is power: averting safety-compromising events in the OR.

Catalano K. AORN J. 2008;88:987-995.

REVIEW

Enhancing communication in surgery through team training interventions: a systematic literature review.

Gillespie BM, Chaboyer W, Murray P. AORN J. 2010;92:642-657.

1 2 3 4 5 6 Next >