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Critical Care Nursing

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•Health Care Providers (77)

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•Hospitals (79)

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STUDY

Infants at risk: when nurse fatigue jeopardizes quality care.

Dean GE, Scott LD, Rogers AE. Adv Neonatal Care. 2006;6:120-126.

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.

STUDY

Safety as a criterion for quality: The Critical Nursing Situation Index in paediatric critical care, an observational study.

de Neef M, Bos AP, Tol D. Intensive Crit Care Nurs. 2009;25:341-347.

STUDY

Comparing errors in ED computer-assisted vs conventional pediatric drug dosing and administration.

Yamamoto L, Kanemori J. Am J Emerg Med. 2010;28:588-592.

COMMENTARY

Failure to rescue in neonatal care.

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

STUDY

The nurses' experience of barriers to safe practice in the neonatal intensive care unit in Thailand.

Jirapaet V, Jirapaet K, Sopajaree C. J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs. 2006;35:746-754.

STUDY

Structural empowerment and patient safety culture among registered nurses working in adult critical care units.

Armellino D, Quinn Griffin MT, Fitzpatrick JJ. J Nurs Manag. 2010;18:796-803.

STUDY

Role of registered nurses in error prevention, discovery and correction.

Rogers AE, Dean GE, Hwang WT, Scott LD. Qual Saf Health Care. 2008;17:117-121.

STUDY

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.

STUDY

Evaluation of an evidence-based, nurse-driven checklist to prevent hospital-acquired catheter-associated urinary tract infections in intensive care units.

Fuchs MA, Sexton DJ, Thornlow DK, Champagne MT. J Nurs Care Qual. 2011;26:101-109.

STUDY

Effect of an anonymous reporting system on near-miss and harmful medical error reporting in a pediatric intensive care unit.

Grant MJ, Larsen GY. J Nurs Care Qual. 2007;22:213-221.

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

Preventing sentinel events caused by family members.

Wall Y, Kautz DD. Dimens Crit Care Nurs. 2011;30:25-27.

STUDY

Medical errors recovered by critical care nurses.

Dykes PC, Rothschild JM, Hurley AC. J Nurs Adm. 2010;40:241-246.

STUDY

Clinical alarms: improving efficiency and effectiveness.

Phillips J, Barnsteiner JH. Crit Care Nurs Q. 2005;28:317-323.

COMMENTARY

Safety in the NICU: preventing medication errors with computerized provider order entry.

Donze A, Wolf M. Nurs Womens Health. 2007;11:612-617.

STUDY

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.

COMMENTARY

Unreported errors in the intensive care unit: a case study of the way we work.

Henneman EA. Crit Care Nurse. 2007;27:27-34.

STUDY

Exploring performance obstacles of intensive care nurses.

Gurses AP, Carayon P. Appl Ergon. 2009;40:509-518.

STUDY

Rework and workarounds in nurse medication administration process: implications for work processes and patient safety.

Halbesleben JRB, Savage GT, Wakefield DS, Wakefield BJ. Health Care Manage Rev. 2010;35:124-133.

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