Skip Navigation
The Collection >
Preventing sentinel events caused by family members.
Wall Y, Kautz DD. Dimens Crit Care Nurs. 2011;30:25-27.

This commentary discusses errors in patient care caused by family members and suggests that involving patients and families in patient awareness programs can help prevent such incidents.
PubMed citation icon indicating hyperlink to external website
Available at icon indicating hyperlink to external website
white box
Related Resources
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
Medical errors recovered by critical care nurses.
Dykes PC, Rothschild JM, Hurley AC. J Nurs Adm. 2010;40:241-246.
STUDY
Strategies used by critical care nurses to identify, interrupt, and correct medical errors.
Henneman EA, Gawlinski A, Blank FS, Henneman PL, Jordan D, McKenzie JB. Am J Crit Care. 2010;19:500-509.
View all related resources...
white box
Download: Adobe Reader   email icon Email
tan box
Find Related Resources by...
Resource Type   
style=
Setting of Care  
style=
Target Audience  
style=
Clinical Area  
style=
Error Types  
style=
Approach to Improving Safety  
style=
Origin/Sponsor  
white box