Changes in nursing practice: associations with responses to and coping with errors

Abstract

These findings highlight the role of senior staff in the establishment of a supportive, trustful ward climate, so that nurses can learn from errors, prevent their recurrence and improve patient safety.

Estratégias de enfrentamento dos enfermeiros em serviço hospitalar de emergência

“…There are several factors that can influence the reliability of an instrument, for example, the number of items, size of the sample and the tendency to value some items over others. (13) Cronbach's alpha values obtained in other studies that used the Ways of Coping Questionnaire by Folkman and Lazarus had values slightly above those found in this study: from 0.66 to 0.81 among nurses working in a hospital, (19) and 0.49 to 0.72 among spouses of patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery. (13) Men used the strategy confrontation more often in comparison to women (p = 0.018).…”

Psychological responses, coping and supporting needs of healthcare professionals as second victims

“…; Karga et al. ). Feeling inadequate, they re‐evaluate the circumstances, experience self‐doubt, and lose confidence (Harrison et al.…”

“…; Karga et al. ). Despite this, avoidance strategies were not necessarily ineffective as a retrospective study by Harrison et al.…”

Identification of factors which affect the tendency towards and attitudes of emergency unit nurses to make medical errors

“…Kagan and Barnoy () stated that the patient safety culture of an institution is positively and distinctively related to the rate of medical error reporting and that a proper patient safety culture would prepare personnel to report errors. Karga, Kiekkas, Aretha, and Lemonidou () suggested that accepting responsibility for errors and receiving social support are important predictors of positive changes within a nonblaming culture. In a study carried out on this topic (Bodur & Filiz, ; Hellings, Schrooten, Klazinga, & Vleugels, ), it was determined that there is a punitive culture, and this prevents reporting errors and reducing healthcare errors.…”