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•Device-related Complications (8)

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•Discontinuities, Gaps, and Hand-Off Problems (21)

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•Medication Safety (41)

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•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (34)

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•Quality Improvement Strategies (23)

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•Error Reporting and Analysis (40)

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•Human Factors Engineering (24)

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•Allied Health Services (2)

•Medicine (91)

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Target Audience

•Health Care Providers (103)

•Health Care Executives and Administrators (105)

•Non-Health Care Professionals (38)

•Patients (6)

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•Hospitals (116)

•Residential Facilities (4)

•Ambulatory Care (11)

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REVIEW

Medication administration technologies and patient safety: a mixed-method systematic review.

Wulff K, Cummings GG, Marck P, Yurtseven O. J Adv Nurs. 2011;67:2080-2095.

STUDY

The impact of traditional and smart pump infusion technology on nurse medication administration performance in a simulated inpatient unit.

Trbovich PL, Pinkney S, Cafazzo JA, Easty AC. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19:430-434.

REVIEW

Nurses' medication work: what do nurses know?

Folkmann L, Rankin J. J Clin Nurs. 2010;19:3218-3226.

STUDY

Expanding what we know about off-peak mortality in hospitals.

Hamilton P, Mathur S, Gemeinhardt G, Eschiti V, Campbell M. J Nurs Admin. 2010;40:124-128.

STUDY

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.

STUDY

Structural empowerment, magnet hospital characteristics, and patient safety culture: making the link.

Armstrong KJ, Laschinger H. J Nurs Care Qual. 2006;21:124-132.

STUDY

Nursing perception of the impact of medication carts on patient safety and ergonomics in a teaching health care center.

Rochais É, Atkinson S, Bussières JF. J Pharm Pract. 2013;26:131-137.

STUDY

Going blank: factors contributing to interruptions to nurses' work and related outcomes.

Hall LM, Ferguson-Paré M, Peter E, et al. J Nurs Manag. 2010;18:1040-1047.

STUDY

Nurses' responses to medication errors: suggestions for the development of organizational strategies to improve reporting.

Covell CL, Ritchie JA. J Nurs Care Qual. 2009;24:287-297.

STUDY

The impact of nursing work environments on patient safety outcomes: the mediating role of burnout engagement.

Spence Laschinger HK, Leiter MP. J Nurs Adm. 2006;36:259-267.

REVIEW

Work interruptions and their contribution to medication administration errors: an evidence review.

Biron AD, Loiselle CG, Lavoie-Tremblay M. Worldviews Evid Based Nurs. 2009;6:70-86.

REVIEW

Impact of nursing on hospital patient mortality: a focused review and related policy implications.

Tourangeau AE, Cranley LA, Jeffs L. Qual Saf Health Care. 2006;15:4-8.

STUDY

Workplace empowerment and magnet hospital characteristics as predictors of patient safety climate.

Armstrong K, Laschinger H, Wong C. J Nurs Care Qual. 2009;24:55-62.

STUDY

An educational intervention to enhance nurse leaders' perceptions of patient safety culture.

Ginsburg L, Norton PG, Casebeer A, Lewis S. Health Serv Res. 2005;40:997-1020.

STUDY

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.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

ALERT: reports of severe harm after intravenous administration of breast milk to infants.

ISMP Canada Safety Bulletin. July 31, 2011;11:1-2.

STUDY

Near misses: paradoxical realities in everyday clinical practice.

Jeffs L, Affonso DD, Macmillan K. Int J Nurs Pract. 2008;14:486-494.

STUDY

Losing the moment: understanding interruptions to nurses' work.

McGillis Hall L, Pedersen C, Fairley L. J Nurs Adm. 2010;40:169-176.

COMMENTARY

Building social capital in healthcare organizations: thinking ecologically for safer care.

Hofmeyer A, Marck PB. Nurs Outlook. 2008;56:145.e1-145.e9.

STUDY

First year nursing students' viewpoints about compromised clinical safety.

Killam LA, Mossey S, Montgomery P, Timmermans KE. Nurse Educ Today. 2013;33:475-480.

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