Association Between Job History and Practice Error: An Analysis of Disciplinary Cases

Integrative review of studies about nurses who have been disciplined by their professional regulatory bodies

“…Further three studies were reviews of legal cases related to disciplinary procedures, with no specific research method. The quantitative studies were conducted with statistical analysis methods (Azuri et al, ; Benton & Flynn, ; Hester, Green, Thomas, & Benton, ; Hudspeth, ; Kenward, ; Strong, ; Zhong, Kenward, Sheets, Doherty, & Gross, ; Zhong & Thomas, ), post hoc analysis (Evangelista & Sims‐Giddens, ), retrospective analytic desk research (da Silva et al, ), a longitudinal retrospective cohort study design (Hudson & Droppers, ) and comparative descriptive study design (Jones, Fitzpatrick, & Drake, ). The qualitative method used was content analysis (Azuri et al, ; Chiarella & Adrian, ; Table ).…”

“…In addition, one study reviewed two other cases from the American states of Louisiana and Ohio that resulted in criminal charges for unintentional errors in nursing (Brous, ). The data used in 14 register‐based studies were from databases and registers maintained by government (Azuri et al, ) and nursing authorities (Chiarella & Adrian, ; Clevette, Erbin‐Roesemann, & Kelly, ; da Silva et al, ; Evangelista & Sims‐Giddens, ; Hester et al, ; Hudson & Droppers, ; Hudspeth, ; Jones et al, ; Kenward, ; Strong, ; Zhong et al, ; Zhong & Thomas, ) and insurance companies (Benton & Flynn, ; Table ).…”

“…Several studies mentioned public records (Hudson & Droppers, ; Jones et al, ; Strong, ), and one was confidential (da Silva et al, ). A specific data collection tool was used in three studies (Hudspeth, ; Zhong et al, ; Zhong & Thomas, ; Table ). The number of cases examined in the register‐based studies varied from 27 to 52,297 and these concerned boundary violations (Jones et al, ), practice breakdown cases (Zhong & Thomas, ) and complaints (da Silva et al, ).…”

“…A specific data collection tool was used in three studies (Hudspeth, ; Zhong et al, ; Zhong & Thomas, ; Table ). The number of cases examined in the register‐based studies varied from 27 to 52,297 and these concerned boundary violations (Jones et al, ), practice breakdown cases (Zhong & Thomas, ) and complaints (da Silva et al, ). One study described the availability of disciplinary data from a public electronic database and did not directly report disciplinary cases (Strong, ).…”

Academic Dishonesty Among Nursing Students

“…Instructors should be acutely aware of students who have cheated in one setting, as they are likely to cheat in other settings as well. Nurses who have been disciplined or terminated for poor practice are more likely to commit future practice breakdown (Zhong, Kenward, Sheets, Doherty, & Gross, 2009;Zhong & Thomas, 2012), which suggests this behavior may be longstanding.…”