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A randomized trial of a multifactorial strategy to prevent serious fall injuries. | PSNet

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August 04, 2021 - injury , which included risk assessment and individualized plans administered by specially trained nurses … December 2, 2020 Physician and nurse well-being and preferred interventions to address … December 8, 2021 Impact of state nurse practitioner regulations on potentially inappropriate … medication prescribing between physicians and nurse practitioners: a national study in the United States

Education initiatives in cognitive debiasing to improve diagnostic accuracy in student providers: a scoping review. | PSNet

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October 21, 2020 - J Am Assoc Nurse Pract. 2020;33(11):862-871. doi:10.1097/jxx.0000000000000479. … J Am Assoc Nurse Pract. 2020; 33 (11) :862-871 . … J Am Assoc Nurse Pract. 2020;33(11):862-871. doi:10.1097/jxx.0000000000000479. … June 17, 2020 What do emergency department physicians and nurses feel?

Incivility in healthcare: the impact of poor communication. | PSNet

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October 19, 2022 - March 13, 2018 View More Related Resources Nurse burnout and patient … July 17, 2024 Nurses' perspectives on medication errors and prevention strategies in … Nursing and Patient Safety April 21, 2021 Painting a picture of nurse … The Topic Hospitals Long-Term Care Ambulatory Clinic or Office Hospital Medicine Nurse

Improving appropriate use of peripherally inserted central catheters through a statewide collaborative hospital initiative: a cost-effectiveness analysis. | PSNet

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April 14, 2021 - November 12, 2014 Physician and nurse well-being and preferred interventions to address … January 10, 2024 Voices from frontline nurses on care quality and patient safety during … April 19, 2023 Sources of nurse-sensitive inpatient safety improvement. … December 1, 2012 View More See More About The Topic Hospitals Nurse

Learning mechanisms to limit medication administration errors. | PSNet

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August 30, 2017 - RIS Download Citation Related Resources From the Same Author(s) Nurses … in the administration of intravenous medications in hospital and the role of correct procedures and nurse … August 20, 2014 Medication administration errors by nurses: adherence to guidelines. … November 2, 2010 Perceived adverse patient outcomes correlated to nurses' workload in … Nurse Managers Quality and Safety Professionals Nurse Care View More

A framework for assessing reasoning about controversial end-of-life clinical decisions. | PSNet

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November 30, 2023 - The evening nurse acknowledged the order yet refused to start the drip as she was uncomfortable with … The resident physician on duty spoke at length with the nurse, but she refused to start the drip and … multiple physicians and the charge nurse, due to concern that the medication would hasten the patient … Nurse staffing was stretched very thin due to staffing shortages, so no other nurses could be assigned … resulting in significant harm to the patient and family. 13,16 There is a robust program for educating nurses

Ten Years After Keeping Patients Safe: Have Nurses' Work Environments Been Transformed? | PSNet

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April 04, 2018 - Book/Report Ten Years After Keeping Patients Safe: Have Nurses' Work Environments … Citation Text: Ten Years After Keeping Patients Safe: Have Nurses' Work Environments Been Transformed … May 8, 2019 Front Line of Defense: The Role of Nurses in Preventing Sentinel Events. … May 25, 2016 Creating a nurse-led culture to minimize horizontal violence in the acute … Health Care Executives and Administrators Safety Scientists Nurse Care View More

Failure to Rescue | PSNet

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September 15, 2024 - : Recognize Staffing levels and education, including establishing appropriate minimum physician and nurse … staffing levels, improving work environments, encouraging and facilitating advanced training of nurses … Medical emergency and rapid response teams (RRTs), including nurse-led teams with intensivist physician … Safety June 15, 2024 View More Editor's Picks Exploration of ward-based nurses … February 10, 2025 - February 10, 2025 Hospital nurses and physicians' experiences

Home Medications Contribute to a Unique Opportunity for Error on Discharge from the Hospital | PSNet

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May 16, 2022 - fundamental framework for nursing medication practice, where prior to any medication administration, nurses … In the situation described in the case above, such a framework may have benefited the nurse who felt … Nurses can then utilize barcode medication administration (BCMA) technology to automate the drug-checking … In one qualitative study in a large academic medical center, nurses exerted agency by trusting their … that the BCMA system’s rigidity may clash with adaptive needs embodied by the “orienting frames” that nurses

Harm From Alarm Fatigue | PSNet

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February 14, 2018 - List strategies that nurses and physicians can employ to address alarm fatigue. … Some hospitals choose to utilize monitor watchers to identify alarms and notify nurses. … After the nurse responded to these alarms by checking on the patient (multiple times) and contacting … For example, the resident and nurse could have checked the patient's full diagnostic standard 12-lead … Nurse Managers Nurse Care View More

The Future of Nursing 2020-2030: Charting a Path to Achieve Health Equity. | PSNet

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September 12, 2018 - It shares a framework positioning nurses to improve equity , reduce disparities and support family-centered … March 31, 2011 Nurse staffing and inpatient hospital mortality. … February 11, 2009 View More See More About The Topic Nurses Health … Care Executives and Administrators Nurse Managers Policy Makers Nurse Care View More

Missed nursing care: a concept analysis. | PSNet

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January 19, 2022 - January 29, 2020 Nurse staffing, nursing assistants and hospital mortality: retrospective … March 20, 2019 Nurse Staffing Levels, Missed Vital Signs and Mortality in Hospitals: … May 1, 2013 View More See More About The Topic Hospitals Nurse Managers … Quality and Safety Professionals Safety Scientists Nurse Care View More

Incidence, staff awareness and mortality of patients at risk on general wards. | PSNet

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November 15, 2023 - However, nurses were frequently unaware of the abnormal values. … October 27, 2021 Patient safety culture in home care: experiences of home-care nurses … May 11, 2022 Better nurse staffing is associated with survival for Black patients and … December 9, 2020 Nurse-reported bullying and documented adverse patient events: an exploratory … October 30, 2019 How do nurses use early warning scoring systems to detect and act on

On the Other Hand | PSNet

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December 12, 2012 - The nurse notified the covering resident, giving him a concise description of the patient, her primary … The nurse took the resident's verbal order for the medication and administered the drug. … In addition, no alerts were available to the nurse and resident about the assessment and management of … Use the expertise of senior nurses and attending physicians. Elizabeth A. … Strategies used by nurses to recover medical errors in an academic emergency department setting.

Strengths and weaknesses of working with the Global Trigger Tool method for retrospective record review: focus group interviews with team members. | PSNet

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March 24, 2012 - May 8, 2013 Nurses' perceptions of an electronic patient record from a patient safety … March 19, 2012 Registered nurses' efforts to ensure safety for home-dwelling older patients … February 22, 2023 Patient involvement for improved patient safety: a qualitative study of nurses … October 17, 2016 An observational study: associations between nurse-reported hospital

The Inside of a Time Out | PSNet

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March 01, 2004 - A "time out" was conducted, during which a nurse raised concern about the alleged allergy. … Finally, it would seem appropriate for all members of the team to perform documentation of the time out: nurses … Evaluation of a preoperative checklist and team briefing among surgeons, nurses, and anesthesiologists … Evaluation of a preoperative checklist and team briefing among surgeons, nurses, and anesthesiologists … 2015 Evaluation of a preoperative checklist and team briefing among surgeons, nurses

Beyond communication: the role of standardized protocols in a changing health care environment. | PSNet

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October 12, 2011 - implementation of the SBAR communication protocol had effects beyond simply standardizing communication between nurses … and physicians, ranging from empowerment of new nurses to flattening the authority gradient. … May 26, 2011 View More Related Resources Nurse-to-physician communications … December 30, 2014 Unit-based care teams and the frequency and quality of physician–nurse … July 2, 2014 SBAR improves nurse–physician communication and reduces unexpected death

Impact of interruptions, distractions, and cognitive load on procedure failures and medication administration errors. | PSNet

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March 02, 2012 - December 21, 2017 Nurses' perceived skills and attitudes about updated safety concepts … September 26, 2016 Nurse interruptions pre- and post-implementation of a point-of-care … April 4, 2011 View More See More About The Topic Hospitals Nurses … Nurse Managers Nurse Care Administration Errors View More

Influencing leadership perceptions of patient safety through just culture training. | PSNet

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September 24, 2010 - Wrong Route for Nutrients July 1, 2008 Detection of patient risk by nurses … February 12, 2020 View More Related Resources Teaching nurses to … October 8, 2016 Design of an evidence-based "second victim" curriculum for nurse anesthetists … January 4, 2012 The novice nurse and clinical decision-making: how to avoid errors. … September 22, 2010 View More See More About The Topic Nurses Nurse

Barriers to incident reporting among nurses: a qualitative systematic review. | PSNet

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September 21, 2022 - Emerging Classic Barriers to incident reporting among nurses … Barriers to incident reporting among nurses: a qualitative systematic review. … Barriers to incident reporting among nurses: a qualitative systematic review. … RIS Download Citation Related Resources From the Same Author(s) Nurse … View More See More About The Topic Quality and Safety Professionals Nurse

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