@article{9044,
  author = {A. E. Rogers and G. E. Dean and W-T Hwang and L. D. Scott},
  title = {Role of registered nurses in error prevention, discovery and correction.},
  abstract = {<p><b>BACKGROUND: </b>Registered nurses have a vital role in discovering and correcting medical error.</p><p><b>OBJECTIVE: </b>To describe the type and frequency of errors detected by American critical care nurses, and to ascertain who made the errors discovered by study participants.</p><p><b>METHODS: </b>Daily logbooks were used to collect information about errors discovered by a random sample of 502 critical care nurses during a 28-day period.</p><p><b>RESULTS: </b>Although the majority of errors discovered and corrected by critical care nurses involved medications (163/367), procedural errors were common (n = 115). Charting and transcription errors were less frequently discovered. The errors discovered by participants were attributed to a wide variety of staff members including nurses, doctors, pharmacists, technicians and unit secretaries.</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS: </b>Given the importance of nurses in maintaining patient safety, future studies should identify factors that enhance their effectiveness to prevent, intercept and correct healthcare errors.</p>},
  year = {2008},
  journal = {Qual Saf Health Care},
  volume = {17},
  pages = {117-21},
  month = {04/2008},
  issn = {1475-3901},
  doi = {10.1136/qshc.2007.022699},
  language = {eng},
}