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101. Examining the meaning of the language used to communicate the nursing hand-off. | PSNet
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     July 07, 2021 - During handoffs , nurses are exposed to a variety of interruptions and distractions which may lead to cognitive … language processing, researchers analyzed ten audio-recorded change of shift handoffs to estimate the cognitive … Nurses’ use of concise language has the potential to decrease cognitive overload and improve patient … September 24, 2016 Interruptions and geographic challenges to nurses' cognitive workload

102. Defining diagnostic error: a scoping review to assess the impact of the National Academies' report Improving Diagnosis in Health Care. | PSNet
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     March 03, 2021 - April 5, 2023 Development and usability testing of the Agency for Healthcare Research … December 16, 2020 Education initiatives in cognitive debiasing to improve diagnostic

103. Delayed Diagnosis of Mesenteric Ischemia | PSNet
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     March 31, 2021 - several prevention strategies to mitigate diagnostic error that address systems causes and individual cognitive … have not been fully elucidated, research in the field suggests that both the individual clinician’s cognitive … processes and system-related factors are responsible for most errors. 18  The most common cognitive … Most notably, many diagnostic errors studied were the result of both system and cognitive problems occurring … All in all, both system and cognitive causes of diagnostic error led to the tragic outcome presented.

104. Diagnostic Errors | PSNet
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     December 01, 2013 - Perhaps more importantly, physicians who find diagnostic errors interesting tend to focus on the cognitive … House) or studying cognitive biases that can lead one astray. … The two reviewers identified cognitive factors as the cause of most diagnostic errors. … This restoration of performance represents a simple example of cognitive debiasing . … Addressing the Problem As intellectually appealing as cognitive debiasing may be, addressing systems

105. Simulation Training | PSNet
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     September 15, 2024 - successfully applied as formative experiences to develop foundational clinical skills as well as more advanced cognitive … Usability testing, which refers to testing new equipment and technology under real-world conditions, … and clinical systems testing can be thought of as a form of simulation designed to identify latent … successful simulation education are those of successful curricula in general: individualized feedback, cognitive

106. Failed Interpretation of Screening Tool: Delayed Treatment | PSNet
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     August 20, 2018 - patients experienced a major diagnostic error.( 11,12 ) Diagnostic errors are commonly attributable to cognitive … withhold antibiotics for this patient with an atypical presentation of pneumonia, an example of the cognitive … Example Cognitive Biases. … Cognitive Bias Definition Potential Examples Availability bias Diagnosis of current patient biased by … Measuring the rate of manual transcription error in outpatient point-of-care testing

107. Do Not Disturb! | PSNet
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     February 03, 2011 - This case highlights how breaches in professionalism are often associated with cognitive or emotional … However, his dressing down of the RN suggests emotional impairment leading to cognitive dysfunction. … Most of us have experienced brief cognitive impairment when sleep is suddenly interrupted. … The RN mitigated the attending physician's cognitive error. … telephone operators, and other team members; for example, the National Board of Medical Examiners is testing

108. Risk Mitigation Using the Anesthesia Risk Alert Program: Applying a Proactive Approach With Data Review & Collaborating With a Second Practitioner | PSNet
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     February 26, 2025 - Discussing treatment plans before taking action permitted control for potential cognitive bias or any … a second clinician to improve clinical decisions: Pat Croskerry’s dual process model of reasoning, cognitive … fast-thinking) and analytical (slow-thinking) processes to make better decisions. 1 Many experts believe that cognitive … these biases. 1 The red team/blue team method comes from the fields of military and cybersecurity testing

109. Missed and delayed diagnoses in the emergency department: a study of closed malpractice claims from 4 liability insurers. | PSNet
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     March 02, 2011 - failure to order diagnostic tests or interpret them correctly; factors contributing to error included cognitive … February 17, 2011 Cognitive errors and logistical breakdowns contributing to missed and

110. The Evidence-Based Physical Examination as a Patient Safety Practice | PSNet
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     November 01, 2012 - Emergency room triage of patients with acute chest pain by means of rapid testing for cardiac troponin … You had a high-stakes exam at the end of medical school and it didn't matter how well you did on the cognitive … If you view medicine as largely a cognitive exercise of getting certain numbers, figures, and facts and … RW : The demise of the physical exam—the embrace of more testing to get at some of the same information … Not to mention all of the vested monetary interests that drive all the kinds of testing we do.

111. Diagnostic Error in Medicine. | PSNet
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     October 22, 2013 - June 29, 2016 Situativity: A Family of Social Cognitive Theories for Clinical Reasoning … Diagnostic Safety and Quality April 26, 2023 Effect on diagnostic accuracy of cognitive … See More About The Topic Educators Diagnostic Errors Missed or Critical Lab Results Cognitive

112. Fatigue, Sleep Deprivation, and Patient Safety | PSNet
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     September 15, 2024 - Sleep deprivation has long been known to impair various cognitive functions, including mood, motivation … Given the importance of sleep and its known effect on cognitive performance, the link between sleep and … These cognitive activities place significant loads on prefrontal cortex functions, such as memory and … In contrast to dynamic, naturalistic decision-making, certain types of cognitive performance are less … Thus in the context of acute sleep deprivation, individuals may be better able to compensate for cognitive

113. Misdiagnosis of a Pelvic Mass versus Pregnancy | PSNet
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     November 25, 2020 - effect. 2 Distinguishing between the contributions to diagnostic errors of systems problems versus cognitive … Cognitive errors were made by the intern and the sonographer, who both lacked sufficient knowledge and … Several types of cognitive biases are known to influence clinical decision-making, especially in the … Take-Home Points Patient-related factors, cognitive errors, and systems factors are common categories … in early labor Communication among members of work teams is critical for avoiding perpetuation of cognitive

114. Spotlight: Mistaken Attribution, Diagnostic Misstep | PSNet
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     July 01, 2011 - evaluation comprised of history, review of systems, physical examination (including neurological and cognitive … Second, routine laboratory testing, including urine toxicology, is not indicated in a patient presenting … Policies of routine testing for such patients—sometimes required by psychiatric units as a condition … and increased health care costs without improved medical outcomes.( 16 ) Third, targeted laboratory testing … March 25, 2017 Advancing the next generation of handover research and practice with cognitive

115. Tallman lettering as a strategy for differentiation in look-alike, sound-alike drug names: the role of familiarity in differentiating drug doppelgangers. | PSNet
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     May 27, 2020 - January 12, 2022 Detection rates of mild cognitive impairment in primary care for the … November 28, 2018 Cognitive tests predict real-world errors: the relationship between

116. Dissecting communication barriers in healthcare: a path to enhancing communication resiliency, reliability, and patient safety. | PSNet
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     July 12, 2023 - This commentary advocates for studying behavioral, cognitive, linguistic , environmental , and technological … October 19, 2022 How to mitigate the effects of cognitive biases during patient safety

117. The lost art of the history and physical. | PSNet
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     May 08, 2013 - May 29, 2019 A cognitive forcing tool to mitigate cognitive bias—a randomised control … See More About The Topic Physicians Educators Medicine Diagnostic Errors Cognitive

118. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     December 15, 2024 - Sleep deprivation has long been known to impair various cognitive functions, including mood, motivation … Most healthy adults1  need between 7.5–8.5 hours of sleep per night and will experience deficits in cognitive … Given the importance of sleep and its known effect on cognitive performance, the link between sleep and … These cognitive activities place significant loads on prefrontal cortex functions, such as memory and … In contrast to dynamic, naturalistic decision-making, certain types of cognitive performance are less

119. Anchoring Bias With Critical Implications | PSNet
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     June 15, 2022 - List some of the cognitive biases that contribute to anchoring. … Describe steps to improve cognitive awareness of diagnostic errors. … overarching cognitive components are: (i) the tendency to seek only as much information as necessary … Multiple cognitive biases contribute to anchoring. … Cognitive awareness Many have proposed that awareness of cognitive biases and their contribution

120. The biggest mistake doctors make. | PSNet
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     October 09, 2013 - Diagnostic Safety and Quality April 26, 2023 Effect on diagnostic accuracy of cognitive … July 3, 2016 Cognitive interventions to reduce diagnostic error: a narrative review.