Predictors of Hospital Nurses’ Safety Practices: Work Environment, Workload, Job Satisfaction, and Error Reporting (Journal of Nursing Care Quality, 2017, 32(4) p. 359-368)

This study explored the prediction between such safety practices and work environment factors, workload, job satisfaction, and error-reporting culture of 1429 Taiwanese nurses.

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An Enhanced Cultural Competence Curriculum and Changes in Transcultural Self-Efficacy in Doctor of Nursing Practice Students (Journal of Transcultural Nursing, 2017, 28(5) p. 516-522)

Guided by the cultural competence and confidence model, the Transcultural Self-Efficacy Tool was used to assess the impact of an enhanced cultural competence curriculum on transcultural self-efficacy perceptions of DNP students.

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Praise for mental health staff, despite safety fears (Nursing Standard, 2017, 31(48) p. 9-9)

The article report on a decline in the number of mental health nurses that has been linked to increased risk to patient safety, according to the Care Quality Commission (CQC) of England.

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The ethics/advocacy connection: What are the ethical leadership qualities of nurses, and how do these traits contribute to competent, safe patient care? (Nursing Management, 2017, 48(8) p. 18-24)

A continuing-education activity on ethical and moral concepts in nursing practice is presented.

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Safe Practice Recommendations for the Use of Copy-Forward with Nursing Flow Sheets in Hospital Settings (Joint Commission Journal on Quality & Patient Safety, 2017, 43(8) p. 375-385)

In early 2016 the Partnership for Health IT Patient Safety released safe practice recommendations for the use of copy-paste for electronic health record (EHR) documentation. These recommendations do not directly address nurses’ use of copy-forward to document patient assessments in flow sheet software in hospital settings. Similar to clinicians’ use of copy-paste and copy-forward with progress notes, concerns exist about patient safety issues from the use of potential inaccurate or outdated information to achieve increased efficiency of documentation.

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Role of effective nurse-patient relationships in enhancing patient safety (Nursing Standard, 2017, 31(49) p. 53-63)

This article discusses the importance of an effective nurse-patient relationship, as well as healthcare environments and working practices that promote safety, thus ensuring optimal patient care.

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