Registered nurses' judgments of the classification and risk level of patient care errors

Journal of Nursing Care Quality

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 302-310

  Chipps, Esther ^a   Wills, Celia E ^a   Tanda, Rika ^a   Patterson, Emily S ^a   Elfrink, Victoria ^a   Brodnik, Melanie ^a   Schweikhart, Sharon ^a   Ryan Wenger, Nancy ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

decision making; health care errors; nursing clinical judgment; patient safety

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ERROR; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MEDICAL ERRORS; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT SAFETY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 80052706586     PISSN: 10573631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NCQ.0b013e31820f4c57     Document Type: Review

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