Most nurses first hear the phrase “medication error” during their basic professional education. Concern for jeopardizing patient safety by committing a medication error traditionally has been instilled deeply into student nurses. Medication errors are a very real and frightening event in health care, and they deserve the concern associated with them. A 2000 report by the Institute of Medicine (...

OBJECTIVE To identify the scientific publications about adverse events in nursing care in adult hospitalized patients and discuss the main adverse events in nursing care. METHOD Integrative revision with a qualitative approach. The data were collected at LILACS, MEDLINE, BDENF and the library SCIELO and were submitted to thematic analysis. RESULTS Three categories were developed: Adverse ev...

Nurses spend much more time dealing with patients compared with other healthcare personnel. This group has a significant role in identification of threatening complexities of patients, removing medical errors and in keeping patients safe, on the other hand, a considerable amount of human errors is committed by nurses (1). Therefore, nurses have to face with many occupational risks compared with...

PURPOSE To explore the use of disproportionality analysis of medication error data as a novel method to identify relationships that might not be obvious through traditional analyses. This approach can supplement descriptive data and target quality improvement efforts. METHODS Data came from the Medication Error Quality Initiative (MEQI) individual event reporting system. Participants were Nor...

AIM To assess validity and reliability of the German version of the Individualized Care Scale (ICS). BACKGROUND Individualized nursing care plays a pivotal role in establishing patient-centered care. To assess individualized nursing care and to compare it in different settings and countries, valid and reliable instruments are needed. No psychometric-tested instrument for comparing individuali...

OBJECTIVES To have health care professionals in nursing homes identify organizational-level and individual-level modifiable barriers to medication error reporting. DESIGN Nominal group technique sessions to identify potential barriers, followed by development and administration of a 20-item cross-sectional mailed survey. PARTICIPANTS AND SETTING Representatives of 4 professions (physicians,...