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STUDY

Reporting of hazards and near-misses in the ambulatory care setting.

Schnall R, Bakken S. J Nurs Care Qual. 2011;26:328-334.

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

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

Are temporary staff associated with more severe emergency department medication errors?

Pham JC, Andrawis M, Shore AD, Fahey M, Morlock L, Pronovost PJ. J Healthc Qual. 2011;33:9-18.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Following the patient journey to improve medicines management and reduce errors.

Crocker C. Nurs Times. 2009 Nov 24;105:12-15.

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Nurses' perceptions of causes of medication errors and barriers to reporting.

Ulanimo VM, O'Leary-Kelley C, Connolly PM. J Nurs Care Qual. 2007;22:28-33.

STUDY

Prevalence and nature of errors and near errors reported by hospital staff nurses.

Balas MC, Scott LD, Rogers AE. Appl Nurs Res. 2004;17:224-230.

MULTI-USE WEBSITE

ISMP Medication Errors Reporting Program.

Institute for Safe Medication Practices.

STUDY

Rate, causes and reporting of medication errors in Jordan: nurses' perspectives.

Mrayyan MT, Shishani K, Al-Faouri I. J Nurs Manag. Sep 2007;15:659-670.

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Nurse burnout and patient safety outcomes: nurse safety perception versus reporting behavior.

Halbesleben JRB, Wakefield BJ, Wakefield DS, Cooper LB. West J Nurs Res. 2008;30:560-577.

COMMENTARY

Reporting near-miss events in nursing homes.

Wagner LM, Capezuti E, Ouslander JG. Nurs Outlook. 2006;54:85-93.

STUDY

Using snowball sampling method with nurses to understand medication administration errors.

Sheu SJ, Wei IL, Chen CH, Yu S, Tang FI. J Clin Nurs. 2009;18:559-569.

STUDY

A relational leadership perspective on unit-level safety climate.

Thompson DN, Hoffman LA, Sereika SM, et al. J Nurs Adm. 2011;41:479-487.

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Barriers and facilitators to communicating nursing errors in long-term care settings.

Wagner LM, Damianakis T, Pho L, Tourangeau A. J Patient Saf. 2013;9:1-7.

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Incident reporting system does not detect adverse drug events: a problem for quality improvement.

Cullen DJ, Bates DW, Small SD. Jt Comm J Qual Improv. 1995;21:541-548.

COMMENTARY

Medication error prevention in the school setting: a closer look.

Richmond SL. NASN Sch Nurse. 2011;26:304-308.

STUDY

Tragedy into policy: a quantitative study of nurses' attitudes toward patient advocacy activities.

Black LM. Am J Nurs. 2011;111:26-35.

STUDY

Infection control hazards and near misses reported by nursing students.

Geller NF, Bakken S, Currie LM, Schnall R, Larson EL. Am J Infect Control. 2010;38:811-816.

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

Factors affecting incident reporting by registered nurses: the relationship of perceptions of the environment for reporting errors, knowledge of the Nursing Practice Act, and demographics on intent to report errors.

Throckmorton T, Etchegaray J. J Perianesth Nurs. 2007;22:400-412.

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