Operational failures detected by frontline acute care nurses. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Operational failures detected by frontline acute care nurses. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

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• Published March 2017

Operational failures detected by frontline acute care nurses.

Stevens KR, Engh EP, Tubbs-Cooley H, et al. Res Nurs Health. 2017 Mar 15; [Epub ahead of print].

This prospective reporting study asked frontline nurse participants to record operational failures, or breakdowns in usual care processes, in the course of their usual work. Nurses recorded about six such failures per shift, suggesting that systems failures are common in acute care settings.

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