Impact of patient safety culture on missed nursing care and adverse patient events.

Amanda J. Hessels; Mani Paliwal; Susan H. Weaver; Deeba Siddiqui; Theresa A. Wurmser

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Impact of patient safety culture on missed nursing care and adverse patient events.

March 20, 2019

Hessels AJ, Paliwal M, Weaver SH, et al. J Nurs Care Qual. 2019;34(4):287-294.

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This cross-sectional study examined associations between safety culture, missed nursing care, and adverse events. Investigators found significant associations between worse ratings of safety culture and more reports of missed nursing care. They recommend enhancing safety culture to reduce missed nursing care and improve safety.

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