title: Registered nurses select multiple factors associated with their errors.
abstract: Errors in health care are a leading cause of death and injury, requiring new methods for evaluating the efficacy of health care services. A board of nursing staff member conducted a study to examine perceptions of registered nurses who had been sanctioned for practice errors to ascertain the level of patient harm, and individual, health care team, patient, and system factors that contributed to the error or patient harm. Gaining the perspective of nurses who have been involved in a practice error can contribute to a better understanding of the factors involved in error commission.
authors.affiliation: Texas Board of Nursing, 2404 Elmglen Drive, Austin, TX 78704, USA. mbttex@aol.com
authors.forename: Mary Beth
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Thomas
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D015984:Causality; D003144:Communication Barriers; D004647:Employee Discipline; D004651:Employment; D006801:Humans; D008008:Licensure, Nursing; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000451:nursing* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008875:Middle Aged; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology*; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling; D017751:Safety Management; D015206:Southwestern United States; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013597:Systems Analysis; D016526:Workload