Resultados: 4

Nursing errors in the media: patient safety in the window

Rev. bras. enferm; 72 (supl.1), 2019
ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the nursing errors reported by the journalistic media and interpret the main implications of this communication for the visibility of this problem. Method: Documental research, qualitative, descriptive and exploratory, with data collected in news reports from Brazil and P...

Learning from mistakes: analyzing incidents in a neonatal care unit

ABSTRACT Objective: to analyze incidents reported in a neonatal care unit. Method: a quantitative, cross-sectional and retrospective study with a sample of 34 newborns. Data were collected through a structured form, composed of two parts: sociodemographic/clinical characteristics of the newborns, and c...

Equipment failure: conducts of nurses and implications for patient safety

Rev. bras. enferm; 71 (4), 2018
ABSTRACT Objectives: To identify equipment failures during handling by nurses and analyze the conduct of the professionals when these failures occur. Methods: Descriptive, exploratory and qualitative study, whose field was the intensive care unit of a public institution, and the participants were day n...

Severity and workload related to adverse events in the ICU

Rev. bras. enferm; 70 (5), 2017
ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze whether an increase in patient severity and nursing workload are correlated to a greater incidence of adverse events (AEs) in critical patients. Method: A prospective single cohort study was performed on a sample of 138 patients hospitalized in an intensive care unit (ICU...