Aims and objectives The aim of this study was to conduct an integrative review of the
literature to fully understand nurses' role in medical error recovery. Background Despite …

Objective To identify evidence on the role of assertiveness and teamwork and the
application of aviation industry techniques to improve patient safety for inpatient obstetric …

Construction and engineering practitioners have found it increasingly difficult to learn from
their mistakes, particularly with regard to the prevention, identification and/or containment of …

Objective To examine the associations of four distinct nursing care organizational models
with patient safety outcomes. Design Cross-sectional correlational study. Using a …

Although the number of fatalities experienced by the US construction industry has been
declining, the magnitude of the decrease has stagnated in recent years. Several …

Surveillance is a nursing intervention that has been identified as an important strategy in
preventing and identifying medical errors and adverse events. The definition of surveillance …

Background Medical errors are common in intensive care units. Nurses are uniquely
positioned to identify, interrupt, and correct medical errors and to minimize preventable …

This study examined types of errors that occurred or were recovered in a simulated
environment by student nurses. Errors occurred in all four rule-based error categories, and …

Article-at-a-Glance Background Safety initiatives have primarily focused on physicians
despite the fact that nurses provide the majority of direct inpatient care. Patient surveillance …

The use of human patient simulation as a teaching methodology for nursing students has
become popular. Using human patient simulation effectively demands paying careful …