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STUDY

A comprehensive obstetrics patient safety program improves safety climate and culture.

Pettker CM, Thung SF, Raab CA, et al. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2011;204:216.e1-e6.

STUDY

Skilful anticipation: maternity nurses' perspectives on maintaining safety.

Lyndon A. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19:e8.

STUDY

Didactic and simulation nontechnical skills team training to improve perinatal patient outcomes in a community hospital.

Riley W, Davis S, Miller K, Hansen H, Sainfort F, Sweet R. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2011;37:357-364.

STUDY

Impact of a comprehensive patient safety strategy on obstetric adverse events.

Pettker CM, Thung SF, Norwitz ER, et al. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2009 May;200:492.e1-8.

STUDY

Supporting structures for team situation awareness and decision making: insights from four delivery suites.

Mackintosh N, Berridge EJ, Freeth D. J Eval Clin Pract. 2009;15:46-54.

COMMENTARY

Building a safety culture.

Milligan F, Dennis S. Nurs Stand. November 2005;20:48-52.

STUDY

The effects of aviation-style non-technical skills training on technical performance and outcome in the operating theatre.

McCulloch P, Mishra A, Handa A, Dale T, Hirst G, Catchpole K. Qual Saf Health Care. 2009;18:109-115.

STUDY

Creating an improvement culture for enhanced patient safety: service improvement learning in pre-registration education.

Christiansen A, Robson L, Griffith-Evans C. J Nurs Manag. 2010;18:782-788.

SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE

Positive Working Relationships Matter for Better Nurse and Patient Outcomes.

Spence Laschinger HK, ed. J Nurs Manag. 2010;18:875-1086.

GRANT RECIPIENT

Improving Patient Safety Through Simulation Research.

Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; June 2008.

STUDY

The relationship of the emotional climate of work and threat to patient outcome in a high-volume thoracic surgery operating room team.

Nurok M, Evans LA, Lipsitz S, Satwicz P, Kelly A, Frankel A. BMJ Qual Saf. 2011;20:237-242.

SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE

Simmons D, ed. Crit Care Nurs Clin North Am. 2010;22:161-290.

STUDY

Assessing teamwork attitudes in healthcare: development of the TeamSTEPPS teamwork attitudes questionnaire.

Baker DP, Amodeo AM, Krokos KJ, Slonim A, Herrera H. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19:e49.

REVIEW

Communication and teamwork in patient care: how much can we learn from aviation?

Lyndon A. J Obset Gynol Neonatal Nurs. 2006;35:538-546.

COMMENTARY

Surgical team training: promoting high reliability with nontechnical skills.

Paige JT. Surg Clin North Am. 2010;90:569-581.

STUDY

Learning mechanisms to limit medication administration errors.

Drach-Zahavy A, Pud D. J Adv Nurs. 2010;66:794-805.

STUDY

Rural nurses' safeguarding work: reembodying patient safety.

MacKinnon K. ANS Adv Nurs Sci. 2011;34:119-129.

STUDY

Crew resource management improved perception of patient safety in the operating room.

Gore DC, Powell JM, Baer JG, et al. Am J Med Qual. 2010;25:60-63.

STUDY

Evaluating efforts to optimize TeamSTEPPS implementation in surgical and pediatric intensive care units.

Mayer CM, Cluff L, Lin WT, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2011;37:365-374.

COMMENTARY

Safeguarding patients: complexity science, high reliability organizations, and implications for team training in healthcare.

McKeon LM, Oswaks JD, Cunningham PD. Clin Nurse Spec. 2006;20:298-304 (CE Test 305-306).

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