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STUDY

Evaluation of an evidence-based, nurse-driven checklist to prevent hospital-acquired catheter-associated urinary tract infections in intensive care units.

Fuchs MA, Sexton DJ, Thornlow DK, Champagne MT. J Nurs Care Qual. 2011;26:101-109.

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

The Daily Goals Communication Sheet: a simple and novel tool for improved communication and care.

Schwartz JM, Nelson KL, Saliski M, Hunt EA, Pronovost PJ. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2008;34:608-613.

STUDY

Prevalence of copied information by attendings and residents in critical care progress notes.

Thornton JD, Schold JD, Venkateshaiah L, Lander B. Crit Care Med. 2013;41:382-388.

STUDY

Rework and workarounds in nurse medication administration process: implications for work processes and patient safety.

Halbesleben JRB, Savage GT, Wakefield DS, Wakefield BJ. Health Care Manage Rev. 2010;35:124-133.

STUDY

Measuring communication in the surgical ICU: better communication equals better care.

Williams M, Hevelone N, Alban RF, et al. J Am Coll Surg. 2010;210:17-22.

STUDY

Unplanned transfers to a medical intensive care unit: causes and relationship to preventable errors in care.

Bapoje SR, Gaudiani JL, Narayanan V, Albert RK. J Hosp Med. 2011;6:68-72.

SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE

Identification and Prevention of Common Adverse Drug Events in the Intensive Care Unit.

Papadopoulos J, Kane-Gill SL, Cooper B, eds. Crit Care Med. 2010;38:(suppl 6):S83-S264.

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.

STUDY

A comparison of voluntarily reported medication errors in intensive care and general care units.

Kane-Gill SL, Kowiatek JG, Weber RJ. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19:55-59.

STUDY

ICU nurses' acceptance of electronic health records.

Carayon P, Cartmill R, Blosky MA, et al. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2011;18:812-819.

STUDY

Changes in end-user satisfaction with computerized provider order entry over time among nurses and providers in intensive care units.

Hoonakker PL, Carayon P, Brown RL, Cartmill RS, Wetterneck TB, Walker JM. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2013;20:252-259.

REVIEW

Computerized physician order entry in the critical care environment: a review of current literature.

Maslove DM, Rizk N, Lowe HJ. J Intensive Care Med. 2011;26:165-171.

STUDY

Assessing and improving safety climate in a large cohort of intensive care units.

Sexton JB, Berenholtz SM, Goeschel CA, et al. Crit Care Med. 2011;39:934-939.

STUDY

Role of registered nurses in error prevention, discovery and correction.

Rogers AE, Dean GE, Hwang WT, Scott LD. Qual Saf Health Care. 2008;17:117-121.

STUDY

Implementation of a mandatory checklist of protocols and objectives improves compliance with a wide range of evidence-based intensive care unit practices.

Byrnes MC, Schuerer DJ, Schallom ME, et al. Crit Care Med. 2009; 37:2775-2781.

STUDY

Inappropriate medications in elderly ICU survivors: where to intervene?

Morandi A, Vasilevskis EE, Pandharipande PP, et al. Arch Intern Med. 2011;171:1032-1034.

STUDY

Improving situation awareness to reduce unrecognized clinical deterioration and serious safety events.

Brady PW, Muething S, Kotagal U, et al. Pediatrics. 2013;131:e298-e308.

STUDY

Building collaborative teams in neonatal intensive care.

Brodsky D, Gupta M, Quinn M, et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2013;374-382.

COMMENTARY

Unreported errors in the intensive care unit: a case study of the way we work.

Henneman EA. Crit Care Nurse. 2007;27:27-34.

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