title: Registered nurses' judgments of the classification and risk level of patient care errors.
abstract: As frontline clinicians, nurses play a critical role in mitigating patient harm, recovery from health care errors, and overall improvement of patient safety. This cross-sectional study asked nurse respondents to make judgments about the classification and severity of errors in 4 clinical vignettes. Our results showed that agreement about error classification and associated risk among registered nurses is less than optimal. Further research is needed to advance our understanding of how nurses working in complex patient care situations can improve their ability to recognize subtle cues to facilitate early recognition of potential errors.
authors: Ohio State University Health System, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA. esther.chipps@osumc.edu
authors: Esther
authors: E
authors: Chipps
authors: Celia E
authors: CE
authors: Wills
authors: Rika
authors: R
authors: Tanda
authors: Emily S
authors: ES
authors: Patterson
authors: Victoria
authors: V
authors: Elfrink
authors: Melanie
authors: M
authors: Brodnik
authors: Sharon
authors: S
authors: Schweikhart
authors: Nancy
authors: N
authors: Ryan-Wenger
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D006801:Humans; D007600:Judgment; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000145:classification* / Q000517:prevention & control; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology*; D015588:Observer Variation; D061214:Patient Safety; D018570:Risk Assessment