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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Iwona Malinowska-Lipien, Agnieszka Micek, Teresa Gabrys, Maria Kozka, Krzysztof Gajda, Agnieszka Gniadek, Tomasz Brzostek, Allison Squires
Summary: The research evaluated the attitudes of nurses and physicians towards factors influencing hospitalized patient safety, with both groups scoring highest in stress recognition and lowest in evaluating working conditions. Nurses scored significantly lower than physicians in every aspect of safety attitudes evaluation, highlighting the importance of positive working conditions and effective teamwork in improving employees' attitudes towards patient safety.
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Education, Scientific Disciplines
Ray Samuriwo, Alison Bullock, Katie Webb, Lynn V. Monrouxe
Summary: In narratives of encounters related to patient safety with trainee doctors, experienced nurses constructed seven identities, which related to the two key roles of nurses as educators and as practitioners.
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Sehad Draganovic, Guido Offermanns
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the patient safety culture in Austria and provide evidence-based recommendations for improvement. The findings revealed significant differences in perception among different professional groups and highlighted the considerable potential for improvement in patient safety culture.
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Geriatrics & Gerontology
Mattia J. Gilmartin
Summary: Nurses Improving Care for Healthsystems Elders (NICHE) is an original geriatric care model that enhances the quality and safety of nursing care for older adults in hospital and post-acute care settings. It is a low-cost, high-impact investment in the nursing workforce to improve performance on nurse-sensitive quality indicators and achieve national accreditation standards for geriatric and nursing quality programs.
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Health Care Sciences & Services
Amy Campbell, Diana Layne, Elaine Scott
Summary: This study explores the behaviors and experiences of RNs and NAs that promote patient safety, teamwork, and communication. Trust, collaborative teamwork, and prioritizing patient needs were identified as key components of positive relationships between RNs and NAs, emphasizing the importance of high relational quality in enhancing patient safety culture.
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Nursing
Gwen Sherwood, Cheryl B. Jones, Jamie L. Conklin, Adam Dodd
Summary: This article aims to explore the publication patterns of the QSEN literature and assess its global spread and penetration through a bibliometric analysis. The results reveal the need for further advancement in QSEN penetration in professional practice, research, and global collaboration.
JOURNAL OF NURSING SCHOLARSHIP
(2023)
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Nursing
Havva Ozturk, Cigdem Torun Kilic, Ilknur Kahriman, Buket Meral, Bahar Colak
Summary: The study aimed to compare the opinions of nurses and patients in order to determine whether nurses respect or violate patient privacy. The results showed that there was no significant difference in the respect for patient privacy between nurses and patients in public hospitals in Trabzon, Turkey. Additionally, nurses and patients in public hospitals had higher overall privacy scores compared to those in training and research hospitals.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NURSING
(2021)
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Niki O'Brien, Alexandra Shaw, Kelsey Flott, Sheila Leatherman, Mike Durkin
Summary: This study used an evidence scanning approach to examine the potential better bet patient safety interventions in fragile, conflict-affected, and vulnerable (FCV) settings. The results showed that strengthening infection prevention and control was the intervention that could be broadly applicable to other settings, most feasible to implement, and most effective in improving patient care and outcomes.
JOURNAL OF GLOBAL HEALTH
(2022)
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Health Care Sciences & Services
Abdul-Karim Jebuni Fuseini, Emilia Isabel Martins Teixeira da Costa, Filomena Adelaide Sabino de Matos, Maria-de-los-Angeles Merino-Godoy, Filipe Nave
Summary: This study aims to evaluate nurses' perceptions of the patient-safety culture in the Emergency and Critical Care Services of a university hospital and identify areas for improvement. The results show that teamwork is a strength, while non-punitive responses to errors and open communication are the weakest aspects. Overall, patient safety is not considered a high priority in the organization.
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Medicine, General & Internal
Linda H. Aiken, Douglas M. Sloane, Jane Ball, Luk Bruyneel, Anne Marie Rafferty, Peter Griffiths
Summary: This study demonstrates that patients' perceptions of hospital care are influenced by their confidence in nurses and doctors, missed nursing care, and hospital work environments. Lack of trust, nursing care omissions, and poor working environments can significantly reduce patients' perception of hospital care.
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Management
Youko Nakano, Tetsuya Tanioka, Tomoya Yokotani, Hirokazu Ito, Misao Miyagawa, Yuko Yasuhara, Feni Betriana, Rozzano Locsin
Summary: The study aimed to investigate nurses' perceptions towards patient safety and quality of health care in Japan. Results showed a significant positive correlation between nurses' perceptions of patient safety and health care service quality. Experience had an impact on nurses' perceptions, with those having 6-10 years of experience having lower perceptions of health care service quality.
JOURNAL OF NURSING MANAGEMENT
(2021)
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Health Care Sciences & Services
OkBun Park, MiYang Jeon, MiSeon Kim, ByeolAh Kim, HyeonCheol Jeong
Summary: Operating rooms are high-risk areas in healthcare, and preventing patient safety errors is crucial. This study developed and applied a simulation-based patient safety education program for operating room nurses, finding that it significantly improved patient safety management and compliance. Implementing such a program can enhance the patient safety competency of operating room nurses and prevent patient safety accidents.
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Nursing
Emma Radbron, Rebekkah Middleton, Valerie Wilson, Tanya McCance
Summary: This study utilized action research to explore how nurses and midwives engage with patient experience data collected via a mobile health app to inform person-centered practice improvements. The results showed that by using a collaborative and cyclical approach to collect and utilize data, there were enhancements in patient experience and the development and implementation of person-centered quality and safety improvements.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NURSING
(2022)
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Nursing
Nathan R. Huff, Hannah Chimowitz, Maria A. DelPico, Kelly T. Gleason, Janvi D. Nanavati, Peter Smulowitz, Linda M. Isbell
Summary: This study aimed to examine the effects of patient behavior and the presence of mental illness on emergency nurses' emotions, patient assessments, testing advocacy, and written handoffs. The study found that irritable patient behavior evoked negative emotions in nurses and influenced their assessments and care practices. Additionally, the presence of mental illness increased nurses' unease and sadness and resulted in a reluctance to recommend necessary tests for a correct diagnosis. The study highlights the importance of addressing these factors in emergency nursing.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NURSING STUDIES
(2023)
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Nursing
Loai M. Zabin, Rasha S. Abu Zaitoun, Abdullah A. Abdullah
Summary: This study provides a comprehensive assessment of perceived safety among nurses in a hospital. However, it was found that nurses have a negative perception of a nonpunitive response to error. Therefore, efforts are required by hospital management to improve the culture of incident reporting.
