Relationship of staff information sharing and advice networks to patient safety outcomes.

Barbara B. Brewer; Kathleen M. Carley; Marge M. Benham-Hutchins; Judith A. Effken; Jeffrey Reminga; Michael Kowalchuck

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Relationship of staff information sharing and advice networks to patient safety outcomes.

January 30, 2019

Brewer BB, Carley KM, Benham-Hutchins MM, et al. J Nurs Adm. 2018;48(9):437-444.

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Researchers describe the use of a social network analysis tool to examine the impact of nursing staff information sharing and advice networks on several patient safety outcomes, including medication errors, falls, and hospital-acquired pressure ulcers, across 24 medical and surgical inpatient units at 3 hospitals. They conclude that such an approach may provide supervisors with useful information for system-level change.

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