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Nursing and Patient Safety in The Operating Room: Journal of Advanced Nursing February 2008 by Bung Herry is a document available to read on EtoBox.
The document discusses a study that aimed to identify factors operating room nurses believe influence patient safety and their role in enhancing safety. Through interviews and focus groups, nurses identified ensuring safety and preventing mistakes as key to their work. While an existing safety culture and specialty teams were seen as enhancing safety, increased speed and imbalance in staffing were viewed as threats due to system errors.
- Author
- Bung Herry
- Language
- EN