title: [Nurse perceptions of patient safety in ICU].
abstract: Patient safety and error prevention have developed as a new dimension in nursing over the last decade. Using qualitative research methods we have been able to identify twenty-five scenarios and activities prone to errors. Participant nurses believed safety could be improved in each one of the scenarios. The riskier activities are related to hand written documentation, drug handling, sign outs, lack off appropriate training, and lack off multidisciplinary meetings. Our paper describes Intensive Care Unit (ICU) safety from the nursing point of view.
authors: Enfermera de la Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos del Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge. blanca_vez@hotmail.com
authors: Blanca
authors: B
authors: Vázquez Guillamet
authors: Gemma
authors: G
authors: Martínez Estalella
authors: Marta
authors: M
authors: Sanjuán Navais
authors: Gemma
authors: G
authors: Vía Clavero
authors: Aníbal
authors: A
authors: Fernández Agudo
authors: Ana
authors: A
authors: Guillamet Lloveras
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D009726:Nurses; D061214:Patient Safety; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires