Factors Affecting Incident Reporting by Registered Nurses: The Relationship of Perceptions of the Environment for Reporting Errors, Knowledge of the Nursing Practice Act, and Demographics on Intent to Report Errors

Journal of Perianesthesia Nursing

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 400-412

  Throckmorton, Terry ^a   Etchegaray, Jason ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

barriers; environment; error reporting; incident reporting

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LICENSING; MALE; MEDICAL ERROR; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING ORGANIZATION; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUNISHMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK MANAGEMENT; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITY ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTENTION; LICENSURE, NURSING; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PUNISHMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES, NURSING; TEXAS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 36248987303     PISSN: 10899472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jopan.2007.09.006     Document Type: Article

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