PREVENTION OF MEDICAL ERRORS FOR RNS AND LPNS

RESOURCES & REFERENCES

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Allen, D. (2000). Counting the cost. Nursing Standard , 15 (2), 20-21.

Banja, J. (2001). Moral courage in medicine: Disclosing medical error. Ethics News and Views. http://www.emory.edu/ETHICS/news/2001/spring/banja.htm.

Bates, D.W., M. Cohen, L.L. Leape, J.M. Overhage, M.M. Shabot, T. Sheridan. Reducing the frequency of errors in medicine using information technology . Journal of the American Informatics Association , August 2001, 299-308.

Cavanaugh, M. (2001). New regulations focus on medical errors . RN, 64 (4), 71-74.

Committee on Quality of Health Care in America, Institute of Medicine (2000). To Err Is Human: Building A Safer Health System. National Academy Press, Washington, DC.

Falci, R.G., R.T. Steward, A. Weinberger. An Update on the Leapfrog Movement: A Macro Catalyst is Maturing into a Fundamental Change Agent . Bear Stearns Equity Research White Paper, September 6, 2001.

Florida Hospital Association (FHA). (2001). Building the Foundations for Patient Safety . http://www.fha.org/acrobat/patientsafety2.pdf.

Haddad, A. (2001). Ethics in action . RN , 64 (9), 25-28.

Harris, Gardiner, (2006). Report finds a heavy toll from medication errors . http://www.nytimes.com/.

Hayward, R. & R. Hofer. (2001). Estimating hospital deaths due to medical errors: Preventability is in the eye of the reviewer . The Journal of the American Medical Association , 284 (4), 415-420.

Herrin, D. (2000). Patient safety and medical error: what nurses need to know. Tennessee Nurse , 63 (3), 17.

Institute for Safe Medication Practices: www.ismp.org/ .

Johnson, C. & Horton, S. (2001). Owning up to errors. Putting an end to the blame game . RN , 31 (6), 54-55.

Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. ( www.jointcommission.org/SentinelEvents/SentinelEventAlert/.

Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. (2006). The official "Do not Use" list. http://www.jointcommission.org/PatientSafety/.

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Martin, G. (2000). Medication errors . Vermont Nurse Connection , 3 (2), 10-11.

Martin, S. (2000). Senate Continues Search for Solutions to Medical Errors . http://www.webmd.lycos.com/contet/article/21/1728_54385.

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model to analyze critical incident reports of errors which had resulted in an adverse or potentially adverse event . Journal of Advanced Nursing , 31 (1), 202-207

Mitka, M. (2000). Patient safety: From research to practice . The Journal of the American Medical Association , 284 (18), 2305-2306 .

National Coordinating Council for Medication Error Reporting and Prevention. www.nccmerp.org.

National Council on Patient Information and Education. (2000). "Educate before you medicate" is resounding take-away message following medical errors report. http://www.talkaboutrx.org/educate.html.

Nelson, J. (2001). Handling verbal orders safely . RN , 31 (12), 43.

Raines, D. (2000). Making mistakes: Prevention is key to error-free health care . AWHONN Lifelines , 4 (1), 35-39.

Roberts, M., Solomon, C., Alfonso, I., & Sipos, F. (2003). Hospital Sees Drug

Safety As A Top Priority. Nursing Spectrum , 13, 7 and 20.

Scott, D. (2000). Preventing medical mistakes . RN , 63 (8), 60-64.

Shojannia, K.G., B.F. Duncan, K.M. McDonald, R.M. Wachter. Making Health Care Safer: A Critical Analysis of Patient Safety Practices . AHRQ Publication 01-E058, July 20, 2001.

Simpson, N. Advocacy White Paper: Bar Coding for Patient Safety . Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, December 2001. http://www.himss.org/advocacy/about/advocacy.asp .

Smetzer, J. (2001). Take 10 giant steps to medication safety . Nursing 2001 , 31

Thompson, P. (2000). Patient safety: Pieces of a puzzle . The Journal of Nursing Administration , 30 (11), 508-509.

Weingart, S., Wilson, R, Gibberd, R. & Harrison, B. (2000 ). Epidemiology of medical error . British Medical Journal , 320 (7237), 774-777.

Wolf, Z. R. (2002). Preventing medical errors - Florida requirement . Nursing Spectrum , 12(7), 12-16.

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