title: Techniques to improve patient safety in hospitals: what nurse administrators need to know.
abstract: Nurse administrators are challenged to determine the best use of limited resources to support organizational patient safety improvement efforts. This article reviews the literature on techniques to reduce errors and improve patient safety in hospitals with a focus on team training initiatives. Implications for nurse administrators are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Patient Care Services/Chief Nursing Officer, Rady Children's Hospital, San Diego, California 92123, USA. mfagan@rchsd.org
authors.forename: Mary J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Fagan
mesh_terms: D057189:Checklist; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training; D009718:Nurse Administrators; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010348:Patient Care Team; D061214:Patient Safety; D058996:Quality Improvement; D013597:Systems Analysis; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis; D014481:United States