Unprofessional behaviors negatively impact teams and can undermine patient safety. This systematic review examined the influence of bullying on nursing errors across multiple healthcare settings. Fourteen articles were included in the review and four themes were identified: the influence of work environment; individual-level connections between bullying and errors; barriers to teamwork, and; communication impairment. While nurses perceive that bullying influences errors and patient outcomes, the mechanisms are unclear and more research is necessary to determined how bullying impacts nursing practice error.

… … J Nurs Adm … Researchers describe the use of a social network analysis tool to examine the impact of …

This commentary suggests numerous strategies to reduce the incidence of failure to rescue in the neonatal intensive care unit.

… informatics … Int J Med Inform … Social network analysis, a method of analyzing communication patterns between … method for studying group dynamics. This study used a related tool, dynamic network analysis, to examine …

This study explored communication patterns and networks to understand how information technology can improve patient handoffs between units in an acute care setting.

… J Med Inform … The authors describe their experience using a computerized model to understand the impact … on safety and quality. This study was supported with a grant from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality …