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STUDY

Worries and concerns experienced by nurse specialists during inter-hospital transports of critically ill patients: a critical incident study.

Gustafsson M, Wennerholm S, Fridlund B. Intensive Crit Care Nurs. 2010;26:138-145.

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.

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

On the ball: leadership for patient safety and learning in critical care.

Tregunno D, Jeffs L, Hall LM, Baker R, Doran D, Bassett SB. J Nurs Adm. 2009;39:334-339.

STUDY

Implementing and validating a comprehensive unit-based safety program.

Pronovost P, Weast B, Rosenstein B. J Patient Saf. 2005;1:33-40.

REVIEW

Patient safety in the NICU: a comprehensive review.

Samra HA, McGrath JM, Rollins W. J Perinat Neonatal Nurs. 2011;25:123-132.

SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE

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

COMMENTARY

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

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

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

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.

STUDY

Orienting frames and private routines: the role of cultural process in critical care safety.

Hazlehurst B, McMullen C. Int J Med Inform. 2007;76(suppl 1):129-35.

STUDY

Safety Climate Survey: reliability of results from a multicenter ICU survey.

Kho ME, Carbone JM, Lucas J, Cook DJ. Qual Saf Health Care. 2005;14:273-278.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Don't underestimate the impact of change on risk potential.

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. September 11, 2008;13:1-3.

REVIEW

Keeping patients safe in healthcare organizations: a structuration theory of safety culture.

Groves PS, Meisenbach RJ, Scott-Cawiezell J. J Adv Nurs. 2011;67:1846-1855.

STUDY

Intensive care unit nurses' perceptions of safety after a highly specific safety intervention.

Elder NC, Brungs SM, Nagy M, Kudel I, Render ML. Qual Saf Health Care. 2008;17:25-30.

COMMENTARY

Creating a culture of safety by using checklists.

Huang L, Kim R, Berry W. AORN J. 2013;97:365-368.

STUDY

Perceptions of risk to patient safety in the pediatric ICU, a study of American pediatric intensivists.

Bauer P, Hoffmann RG, Bragg D, Scanlon MC. Safety Sci. 2013;53:160-167.

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.

STUDY

Rethinking resident supervision to improve safety: from hierarchical to interprofessional models.

Tamuz M, Giardina TD, Thomas EJ, Menon S, Singh H. J Hosp Med. 2011;6:448-456.

COMMENTARY

Creating high reliability in health care organizations.

Pronovost PJ, Berenholtz SM, Goeschel CA, et al. Health Serv Res. 2006;41:1599-1617.

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