To report or not to report: A descriptive study exploring ICU nurses' perceptions of error and error reporting

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-9

  Espin, Sherry ^a   Wickson Griffiths, Abigail ^a   Wilson, Michelle ^b   Lingard, Lorelei ^c  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Error perception; Error reporting; Intensive care unit; Patient safety; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MEDICAL ERROR; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CANADA; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 73649148670     PISSN: 09643397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iccn.2009.10.002     Document Type: Article

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