Resultados: 4

Addressing medical errors: an intervention protocol for nursing professionals

Rev. Esc. Enferm. USP; 53 (), 2019
ABSTRACT Objective: To identify the types of interventions that should be included in an organizational protocol for responding to serious adverse events involving nursing staff. Method: A descriptive exploratory study was conducted in the Autonomous Community of Madrid, Spain using a questionnaire. ...

Patient safety: understanding human error in intensive nursing care

Rev. Esc. Enferm. USP; 52 (), 2018
ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the active failures and the latent conditions related to errors in intensive nursing care and to discuss the reactive and proactive measures mentioned by the nursing team. Method: Qualitative, descriptive, exploratory study conducted at the Intensive Care Unit of a gener...

The practice of reporting adverse events in a teaching hospital

Rev. Esc. Enferm. USP; 51 (), 2017
Abstract OBJECTIVE Understanding the practice of reporting adverse events by health professionals. METHOD A qualitative case study carried out in a teaching hospital with participants of the Patient Safety Center and the nursing team. The collection took place from May to December 2015, and was conduct...

Slips, lapses and mistakes inthe use of equipment by nurses in an intensive care unit

Rev. Esc. Enferm. USP; 50 (3), 2016
Abstract OBJECTIVE Toidentify the occurrence of errors in the use of equipment by nurses working in intensive careandanalyzing them in the framework of James Reason's theory of human error. METHOD Qualitative field study in the intensive care unit of a federal hospital in the city of Rio de Janeiro. Ob...