evaluation of predisposing factors of nursing errors in critical care units of urmia medical science university hospitals     bagaei r [1] *, nadari y [2] , khalkhali hr [3]     received: 1 mar, 2012 accepted: 6may, 2012     abstract   background & aims : p atient safety is an important part of the nursing management. but with this huge amount of nursing errors, patient safety seems out of reac...

Background Medication errors are known as a preventable cause of idiopathic damage in pediatrics. These errors could entail serious direct and indirect outcomes that often lead to disruptions in the health care system. The present study aimed to determine the relationship between medication errors with job satisfa...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the effect of vision-enhancing interventions (cataract surgery or refractive error correction) on physical function and cognitive status in nursing home residents. DESIGN Longitudinal cohort study. SETTING Seventeen nursing homes in Birmingham, Alabama. PARTICIPANTS A total of 187 English-speaking adults aged 55 and older. INTERVENTION Participants took part in on...

Analysis of reports about incidental and accidental events in nursing care were made using a reliability engineering method. Unnatural working hours, such as evening duty, night duty falling next to a holiday, two consecutive night-duty shifts, and two consecutive evening-duty shifts were major factors in the occurrence of errors. In a mixed-division ward (a ward containing patients belonging t...

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In this article, the authors offer what they believe to be the three most common errors or mistakes in relational family nursing practice. Each error is described, followed by practical suggestions on how the mistake or error can be avoided. A clinical case vignette for each error is also given, with useful ideas of how the mistakes could have been avoided or sidestepped. By sidestepping and av...