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Critical Care Nursing

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•Health Care Providers (79)

•Health Care Executives and Administrators (82)

•Non-Health Care Professionals (24)

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•Hospitals (81)

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The effect of workload on infection risk in critically ill patients.

Hugonnet S, Chevrolet JC, Pittet D. Crit Care Med. 2007;35:76-81.

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Errors in drug computations during newborn intensive care.

Perlstein PH, Callison C, White M, Barnes B, Edwards NK. Am J Dis Child. 1979;133:376-379.

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Intensive care unit nurse staffing and the risk for complications after abdominal aortic surgery.

Pronovost PJ, Dang D, Dorman T, et al. Eff Clin Pract. 2001;4:199-206.

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Intensive care unit nurses' information needs and recommendations for integrated displays to improve nurses' situation awareness.

Koch SH, Weir C, Haar M, et al. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2012;19:583-590.

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Improving handoff communications in critical care: utilizing simulation-based training toward process improvement in managing patient risk.

Berkenstadt H, Haviv Y, Tuval A, et al. Chest. 2008;134:158-162.

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Nurses' perceptions of error communication and reporting in the intensive care unit.

Elder NC, Brungs SM, Nagy M, Kudel I, Render ML. J Patient Saf. 2008;4:162-168.

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Changing the work environment in ICUs to achieve patient-focused care: the time has come.

McCauley K, Irwin RS. Chest. 2006;130:1571-1578.

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Frequency and type of errors and near errors reported by critical care nurses.

Balas MC, Scott LD, Rogers AE. Can J Nurs Res. 2006;38:24-41.

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Effect of antiseptic handwashing vs alcohol sanitizer on health care-associated infections in neonatal intensive care units.

Larson EL, Cimiotti J, Haas J, et al. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2005;159:377-383.

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Medical devices and patient safety.

Mattox E. Crit Care Nurse. August 2012;32:60-68.

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Changes in end-user satisfaction with computerized provider order entry over time among nurses and providers in intensive care units.

Hoonakker PL, Carayon P, Brown RL, Cartmill RS, Wetterneck TB, Walker JM. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2013;20:252-259.

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Nurses' perceptions of patient safety climate in intensive care units: a cross-sectional study.

Ballangrud R, Hedelin B, Hall-Lord ML. Intensive Crit Care Nurs. 2012;28:344-354.

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Surveillance: a strategy for improving patient safety in acute and critical care units.

Henneman EA, Gawlinski A, Giuliano KK. Crit Care Nurse. 2012;32:e9-e18.

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Is the drug shortage affecting patient care in your critical care unit?

Alspach JG. Crit Care Nurse. 2012;32:8-13.

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Development of a modified early warning score using the electronic medical record.

Albert BL, Huesman L. Dimens Crit Care Nurs. 2011;30:283-292.

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Failure to rescue in neonatal care.

Gephart SM, McGrath JM, Effken JA. J Perinat Neonatal Nurs. 2011;25:275-282.

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Nurses' perceptions of simulation-based interprofessional training program for rapid response and code blue events.

Wehbe-Janek H, Lenzmeier CR, Ogden PE, et al. J Nurs Care Qual. 2012;27:43-50.

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Nurses' behaviors and visual scanning patterns may reduce patient identification errors.

Marquard JL, Henneman PL, He Z, Jo J, Fisher DL, Henneman EA. J Exp Psychol Appl. 2011;17:247-256.

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Moral distress, compassion fatigue, and perceptions about medication errors in certified critical care nurses.

Maiden J, Georges JM, Connelly CD. Dimens Crit Care Nurs. 2011;30:339-345.

COMMENTARY

A clinical nurse specialist intervention to facilitate safe transfer from ICU.

St-Louis L, Brault D. Clin Nurse Spec. 2011;25:321-326.

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