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Joyce J. Fitzpatrick 
Annual Review of Nursing Research, Volume 24, 2006 
Focus on Patient Safety

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Supporting the urgent need for new patient safety guidelines and practices, Focus on Patient Safety, provides the most current and authoritative research and review to help decision makers develop new and much-needed standards and practices in nursing. With contributions from experts in the field, this new up-to-date reference focuses on key disciplines and topics that are critical to patient safety today including:


  • Patient safety indicators

  • Medication errors

  • Falls and injury prevention

  • Hospital-acquired infections

  • Patient safety in acute-care units in hospitals

  • Medications in the perioperative environment

  • Home visit programs for the elderly

  • Nursing homes

  • Informatics issues

  • Organizational, climate, and culture factors


From new and emerging issues in patient safety to a review of research methods and measurement, this new 24th volume in the Annual Review of Nursing Research (ARNR) series continues to provide the highest standards of content and authoritative review of research for students, researchers, and clinicians.

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Inhaltsverzeichnis



Contributors

Preface


Part I: Introduction


  • The Intersection of Patient Safety and Nursing Research, Patricia Hinton Walker, Gaya Carlton, Lela Holden, Patricia W. Stone



  • Part II: Patient Safety Indicators


  • Medication-Related Errors: A Literature Review of Incidence and Antecedents, Gaya Carlton and Mary A. Blegen

  • Falls and Injury Prevention, Leanne M. Currie

  • Hospital-Acquired Infections as Patient Safety Indicators, Ann Marie B. Peterson and Patricia Hinton Walker



  • Part III: Setting-Specific Patient Safety Research


  • Patient Safety in Hospital Acute Care Units, Mary A. Blegen

  • Medication Safety within the Perioperative Environment, Linda J. Wanzer and Rodney W. Hicks

  • Nurse Home Visit Programs for the Elderly, Karen Dorman Marek and Carol Dean Baker

  • Nursing Home Safety: A Review of the Literature, Jill Scott-Cawiezell and Amy Vogelsmeier



  • Part IV: Energing Issues in Patient Safety


  • Informatics for Patient Safety: A Nursing Research Perspective, Suzanne Bakken

  • Organizational Climate and Culture Factors, Sean P. Clarke

  • Methodologies Used in Nursing Research Designed to Improve Patient Safety, Elizabeth Merwin and Deirdre Thornlow



  • Part V: International Nursing Research


  • Nursing Research in Ireland, Geraldine Mc Carthy, Josephine Hegarty, Dawn O’Sullivan

  • Index
    Contents of Previous 10 Volumes

  • Über den Autor

    Patricia Hinton Walker, Ph D, RN, FAAN, is Dean and Professor in the Graduate School of Nursing, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland.
    Sprache Englisch ● Format EPUB ● Seiten 360 ● ISBN 9780826141385 ● Dateigröße 8.2 MB ● Herausgeber Joyce J. Fitzpatrick ● Verlag Springer Publishing Company ● Erscheinungsjahr 2006 ● Ausgabe 1 ● herunterladbar 24 Monate ● Währung EUR ● ID 5847774 ● Kopierschutz Adobe DRM
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