… predicted moral distress . … Davidson JE,  Doran N, Petty A, et al. Survey of nurses' experiences applying The Joint …

Interprofessional collaboration is a cornerstone of safe patient care. Researchers surveyed inpatient nurses and physicians and found discordant perceptions of each others' roles as well as lower levels of trust in the other profession when compared to their own. Fostering a shared mental model and mutual trust are core components of teamwork training programs like TeamSTEPPS.

… decrease medication errors, adverse drug events remain a significant source of harm. Patients in the intensive care … detection of medication errors and adverse drug events. A previous WebM&M commentary discussed a case involving a serious medication error in the ICU …

… to safe patient care. This commentary describes how a surveillance program can help gain insights about nursing …

This concept analysis examines how shared mental models can improve teamwork and recommends that this concept be integrated into training programs to improve care quality.

… the time of the clinical encounter. In this study, use of a structured tool by student nurses improved the accuracy of …

… administration … J Nurs Adm … This article describes a checklist that reliably documented multidisciplinary …

… by which medication errors could occur even when a bar-code medication administration system was used. These …

… challenges and approaches for teamwork communication on a general medical unit, where team members are often …

… Saf … This study found that if the first person entering a patient room performed safe hand hygiene practices, …

This commentary describes how surveillance can prevent adverse events and medical errors in critical care.

… J Exp Psychol Appl … Medication administration errors are a common problem and have been linked to interruptions during …

… Nurses … Am J Crit Care … Critical care nurses use a variety of methods to ensure patient safety, often relying …

… … This column describes how one group designed and tested a six-step tool to help nurses collect effective patient …

… study explored the cues that nurses use to determine when a patient's clinical condition is worsening, with specific … to obtain assistance from the rapid response team or call a "code blue." Rather than relying on specific vital sign abnormalities , nurses relied on a combination of clinical findings (such as altered mental …

… the scope of the term patient safety technology and uses a case study to illustrate that sometimes simple … solutions can greatly improve patient safety. … Henneman EA. Patient safety and technology.  AACN Adv Crit …

… staff frequently contained errors when compared to a "gold standard" list. This finding has implications for …

This commentary uses two medication error reporting failures to provide insight into the social and cultural factors that influence incident reporting.

… to nursing students and illustrate the technique through a detailed example. …