title: Patient safety issues in advanced practice nursing students' care settings.
abstract: The purpose of this project was to identify and characterize patient safety issues across advanced practice nursing (APN) care settings including ambulatory care visits. A total of 162 registered nurses enrolled in an APN education program completed an online survey. Respondents reported patient safety issues related to diagnosis or management and treatment in almost half of 489 encounters. The most common issues were clinician communication problems with patients, which occurred during 42.4% of encounters. Adoption of information technology may be a pathway for improving patient safety issues in APN practice settings.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, 617 W 168th Street, New York City, NY 10032, USA. Rb897@columbia.edu
authors.forename: Rebecca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Schnall
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cook
authors.forename: Rita Marie
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: John
authors.forename: Elaine
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Larson
authors.forename: Patricia W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Stone
authors.forename: Caroline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sullivan
authors.forename: Suzanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bakken
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D057179:Advanced Practice Nursing / Q000193:education / Q000592:standards*; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000592:standards; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004511:Education, Nursing, Graduate; D016529:Emergency Nursing / Q000592:standards; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009519:New York City; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000592:standards; D061214:Patient Safety / Q000592:standards*; D013527:Perioperative Nursing / Q000592:standards; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D012573:School Nursing / Q000592:standards; D013338:Students, Nursing; D055815:Young Adult