title: Nurses' experiences with errors in nursing.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Health care organizations seek to maximize the reporting of medical errors to improve patient safety.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  This study explored licensed nurses' decision-making with regard to reporting medical errors.
  
  
  METHODS
  Grounded theory methods guided the study. Thirty nurses from adult intensive care units were interviewed, and qualitative analysis was used to develop a theoretical framework based on their narratives.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The theoretical model was titled "Learning Lessons from the Error." The concept of learning lessons was central to the theoretical model. The model included five stages: Being Off-Kilter, Living the Error, Reporting or Telling About the Error, Living the Aftermath, and Lurking in Your Mind.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study illuminates the unique experiences of licensed nurses who have made medical errors. The findings can inform initiatives to improve error reporting and to support nurses who have made errors.
authors.affiliation: University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN. Electronic address: akoehn3@uthsc.edu.
authors.forename: Amy R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Koehn
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN.
authors.forename: Patricia R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Ebright
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN.
authors.forename: Claire Burke
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Draucker
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003657:Decision Making; D005260:Female; D066296:Grounded Theory; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units / Q000592:standards*; D019221:Mandatory Reporting; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology*; D061214:Patient Safety / Q000592:standards*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Error; Error reporting; Errors; Grounded theory; Nurse; Nursing; Patient safety