Evaluating safety and competency at the bedside.

Theresa Kaplan; Jobeth Pilcher

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Evaluating safety and competency at the bedside.

August 17, 2011

Kaplan T, Pilcher J. J Nurses Staff Dev. 2011;27(4):187-90.

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This article describes an intensive care unit internship that utilized a Clinical Safety Investigation room, or Room of Horrors, to educate and engage nurses in practicing safety in everyday care.

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