Creating a culture of safety - Patient Safety First

AORN Journal,  July, 2002  by Suzanne C. Beyea

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SUZANNE C. BEYEA
RN, PHD
AORN DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH

NOTES

(1.) A H Bishop, J R Scudder, The Practical, Moral, and Personal Sense of Nursing: A Phenomenological Philosophy of Practice (Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1990) 128.

(2.) Institute of Medicine, Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century (Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 2001) 83.

(3.) D Petersen, Human Error Reduction and Safety Management, third ed (New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1996).

(4.) Institute of Medicine, Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century.

(5.) W B Weeks, J P Bagian, "Developing a culture of safety in the Veterans Health Administration," Effective Clinical Practice 3 (November/December 2000) 270-276.

(6.) M Reith, "Risk assessment and management: Lessons from mental health inquiry reports," Medical Science and Law 38 (July 1998) 221-226.

(7.) J Firth-Cozens, "Teams, culture, and managing risks," in Clinical Risk Management: Enhancing Patient Safety, second ed, Charles Vincent, ed (London: BMJ Books, 2001) 355-368.

(8.) Institute of Medicine, To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System (Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 2000) 156-157.

(9.) L L Leape et al, "Promoting patient safety by preventing medical error," JAMA 280 (Oct 28, 1998) 1444-1447.

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