title: Nursing practice breakdowns: good and bad nursing.
abstract: Nurses' responsibility to provide good patient care is explored. Nursing practice breakdowns are examined, differentiating unintentional errors from intentional acts. Good and bad nursing care is portrayed through an emerging classification of intentional practice breakdowns.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing and Health Sciences, La Salle University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Zane Robinson
authors.initials: ZR
authors.lastname: Wolf
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D019300:Medical Errors; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000592:standards*; D011787:Quality of Health Care