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Role of registered nurses in error prevention, discovery and correction
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Abstract
BACKGROUND: Registered nurses have a vital role in discovering and correcting medical error. OBJECTIVE: To describe the type and frequency of errors detected by American critical care nurses, and to ascertain who made the errors discovered by study participants. METHODS: Daily logbooks were used to collect information about errors discovered by a random sample of 502 critical care nurses during a 28-day period. RESULTS: Although the majority of errors discovered and corrected by critical care nurses involved medications (163/367), procedural errors were common (n = 115). Charting and transcription errors were less frequently discovered. The errors discovered by participants were attributed to a wide variety of staff members including nurses, doctors, pharmacists, technicians and unit secretaries. CONCLUSIONS: Given the importance of nurses in maintaining patient safety, future studies should identify factors that enhance their effectiveness to prevent, intercept and correct healthcare errors.
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