Recovered medical error inventory

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 314-318

  Dykes, Patricia C ^a,b   Rothschild, Jeffrey M ^b,c   Hurley, Ann C ^b,d  

^a Partners Health Care System   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Instrument development; Medical errors; Nursing surveillance; Patient safety

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MEDICAL ERROR; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; NURSING; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CRITICAL CARE; DATA COLLECTION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MID-ATLANTIC REGION; NEW ENGLAND; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY;

EID: 77956113581     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: 15475069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2010.01356.x     Document Type: Article

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