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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

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

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

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.

COMMENTARY

Using medical-error reporting to drive patient safety efforts.

Stow J. AORN J. 2006;84:406-408, 411-414, 417-420.

STUDY

The impact of safety organizing, trusted leadership, and care pathways on reported medication errors in hospital nursing units.

Vogus TJ, Sutcliffe KM. Med Care. 2007;45:997-1002.

STUDY

An investigation of the relationship between safety climate and medication errors as well as other nurse and patient outcomes.

Hofmann DA, Mark B. Personnel Psychol. 2006;59:847-869.

STUDY

Factors influencing nurses' decisions to raise concerns about care quality.

Attree M. J Nurs Manag. May 2007;15:392-402.

STUDY

Speaking up, being heard: registered nurses' perceptions of workplace communication.

Garon M. J Nurs Manag. 2012;20:361-371.

COMMENTARY

Improving patient safety: patient-focused, high-reliability team training.

McKeon LM, Cunningham PD, Detty Oswaks JS. J Nurs Care Qual. 2009;24:76-82.

STUDY

The Safety Organizing Scale: development and validation of a behavioral measure of safety culture in hospital nursing units.

Vogus TJ, Sutcliffe KM. Med Care. 2007;45:46-54.

STUDY

Achieving quality improvement in the nursing home: influence of nursing leadership on communication and teamwork.

Vogelsmeier A, Scott-Cawiezell J. J Nurs Care Qual. 2011;26:236-242.

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.

COMMENTARY

"Managing up" can improve teamwork in the OR.

Smith SL. AORN J. 2010;91:576-582.

STUDY

Nurses' and nursing assistants' perceptions of patient safety culture in nursing homes.

Hughes CM, Lapane KL. Int J Qual Health Care. 2006;18:281-286.

STUDY

Rural hospital nursing: better environments = shared vision and quality/safety engagement.

Newhouse R, Morlock L, Pronovost P, Colantuoni E, Johantgen M. J Nurs Adm. 2009;39:189-195.

STUDY

Perceptions of patient safety culture among physicians and RNs in the perioperative area.

Scherer D, Fitzpatrick JJ. AORN J. 2008;87:163-175.

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.

STUDY

It's always something: hospital nurses managing risk.

Groves PS, Finfgeld-Connett D, Wakefield BJ. Clin Nurs Res. 2012 Dec 4; [Epub ahead of print].

COMMENTARY

Patient safety outcomes: the importance of understanding the organizational culture and safety climate.

Ross J. J Perianesth Nurs. 2011;26:347-348.

COMMENTARY

Is patient safety synonymous with quality nursing care? Should it be? A brief discourse.

Carroll VS. Qual Manag Health Care. 2005;14:229-233.

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