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STUDY
Patient self-medication--a change in hospital practice.
Grantham G, McMillan V, Dunn SV, Gassner LA, Woodcock P. J Clin Nurs. 2006;15:962-970.
STUDY
The Daily Plan: including patients for safety's sake.
King BJ, Mills PD, Fore A, Mitchell C. Nurs Manage. 2012;43:15-18.
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Effects of nursing rounds on patients' call light use, satisfaction, and safety.
Meade CM, Bursell AL, Ketelsen L. Am J Nurs. 2006;106:58-70.
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Not overstepping professional boundaries: the challenging role of nurses in simulated error disclosures.
Jeffs L, Espin S, Rorabeck L, et al. J Nurs Care Qual. 2011;26:320-327.
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Oncology nurses' perceptions about involving patients in the prevention of chemotherapy administration errors.
Schwappach DLB, Hochreutener MA, Wernli M. Oncol Nurs Forum. 2010;37:E84-E91.
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Older adults' perceptions of feeling safe in urban and rural acute care.
Lasiter S, Duffy J. J Nurs Adm. 2013;43:30-66.
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Track, trigger and teamwork: communication of deterioration in acute medical and surgical wards.
Donohue LA, Endacott R. Intensive Crit Care Nurs. 2010;26:10-17.
REVIEW
Medication communication: a concept analysis.
Manias E. J Adv Nurs. 2010;66:933-943.
COMMENTARY
Wrong Route for Nutrients
Scott-Cawiezell JR, AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. July 2008.
NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE
Patients taking their own medications while in the hospital.
PA-PSRS Patient Saf Advis. June 2012;9:50-57.
COMMENTARY
Cultural diversity: what role does it play in patient safety?
Ardoin KB, Wilson KB. Nurs Womens Health. 2010;14:322-326.
COMMENTARY
Language Barrier
Flores G. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. April 2006.
COMMENTARY
Personal nursing care experiences provide lessons on patient safety.
Pashley HS. AORN J. 2011;94:194-198.
COMMENTARY
Another Fall.
Bogardus ST Jr. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. April 2003.
COMMENTARY
Discharged Blindly
Iezzoni LI. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. December 2005.
NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE
Fixing America's hospitals.
Newsweek. October 16, 2006:44-68, 72.
STUDY
Impact of patient communication problems on the risk of preventable adverse events in acute care settings.
Bartlett G, Blais R, Tamblyn R, Clermont RJ, MacGibbon B. CMAJ. 2008;178:1555-1562.
STUDY
Safety for home care: the use of Internet video calls to double-check interventions.
Bradford N, Armfield NR, Young J, Ehmer M, Smith AC. J Telemed Telecare. 2012;18:434-437.
COMMENTARY
Health literacy and its influence on patient safety.
Ross J. J Perianesth Nurs. 2007;22:220-222.
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