Understanding nurses' and physicians' fear of repercussions for reporting errors: clinician characteristics, organization demographics, or leadership factors? || AHRQ Patient Safety Network

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Nurse/physician surveys find fear of reporting safety events related more to lack of leadership support than to other factors.
BMC Health Serv Res. 2015;15:326.



Understanding nurses' and physicians' fear of repercussions for reporting errors: clinician characteristics, organization demographics, or leadership factors?

Castel ES, Ginsburg LR, Zaheer S, Tamim H. BMC Health Serv Res. 2015;15:326.

This survey examined predictors for fear of repercussions related to reporting adverse events. Although characteristics such as age, gender, and teaching status did not predict fear of repercussion, leadershipsupport for safety was associated with less fear of reporting, suggesting that leaders should be the target of interventions to enhance reporting.

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