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Nursing Department

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Journal articles

Reports

Web resources

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Journal articles
(pdf files)
AORN Guidance Statement: Creating a Patient Safety Culture, by Association of PeriOperative Registered Nurses. AORN Journal, Apr. 2006; vol. 83 (4), pp. 936-42

Culture of Safety: Clinical Knowledge and Even the Right IT Aren't Enough to Guarantee Patient Safety, by J Brehm. Health Management Technology Jul 2003 Jul; vol. 24 (7), pp. 41-2.

Designing and Implementing a Close Call Reporting System, by GA Coyle. Nursing Administration Quarterly Jan-Mar 2005; vol. 29 (1), pp. 57-62

Error Reduction, Patient Safety and Institutional Ethics Committees, by ME Meaney. The Journal Of Law, Medicine & Ethics: A Journal Of The American Society Of Law, Medicine & Ethics Summer 2004 Summer; Vol. 32 (2), pp. 358-64, 192.

Improving Patient Care. Five System Barriers to Achieving Ultrasafe Health Care, by R Amalberti. Annals of Internal Medicine, 2005 May 3; Vol. 142 (9), pp. 756-64

Overcoming Barriers to Patient Safety, by Beatrice J. Kalisch and Michelle Aebersold.
Nursing Economics, May-June 2006, Vol. 24 (3) p143+.

Patient Safety. Creating Safe Spaces in Organizations to Talk about Safety, by J Morath J and M. Leary. Nursing Economics, Nov/Dec2004; Vol. 22(6): 344-51, 354

Patient Safety: Mindful, Meaningful, and Fulfilling, by SC Winokur and KJ Beauregard. Frontiers of Health Services Management, Fall 2005, vol. 22 (1), pp. 17-32.

Role of Leadership in Instilling a Culture of Safety: Lessons from the Literature, by HS Ruchlin HS,. Journal Of Healthcare Management / American College Of Healthcare Executives Jan-Feb 2004; vol. 49 (1), pp. 47-58; discussion 58-9.

Reports
Making Health Care Safer: A Critical Analysis of Patient Safety Practices. Evidence Report/Technology Assessment: Number 43. AHRQ Publication No. 01-E058, July 2001. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/ptsafety/

Web resources
Culture of Safety from Duke University
Develop a Culture of Safety from the Institute for Healthcare Improvement
Pursuing an Optimal Culture of Safety from Harvard

Culture of Safety in California Hospitals a 2003 article by Sara J. Singer, et al.

To find out more -- use the library's online databases.

  1. Go to the Cabrillo College Library homepage http://libwww.cabrillo.edu
  2. Click on Full Text Articles (second icon down on left)
  3. Use these databases [To access the databases from off campus, type in your library card number]
    • Alt HealthWatch
    • CINAHL PLUS with Full text
    • Health Reference Center - Academic
    • Health Source Nursing/Academic
    • Medline

 

T. N. Smalley 9/06