harm-free healthcare errors occur at a much higher rate (300 times higher rate) than adverse
events, where harm actually occurs (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality [AHRQ] …

Patient safety is an important foundation of high-quality care. Yet little is known regarding the
effects of nursing indicators on patient safety in dialysis units. The purpose of this study was …

Patient safety is the foundation of high-quality health care. More than 350,000 patients
receive dialysis in the United States, and the safety of their care is ultimately the …

Outpatient dialysis facilities must follow many regulations and standards. The guiding
principle for all is assurance of quality patient care and services. Outpatient dialysis facilities …

Patient safety culture is critical to the achievement of patient safety. In 2014, a landmark
national study was conducted to investigate patient safety culture in nephrology nurse …

Abstract The Renal Association Patient Safety Project has identified that renal patients have
been exposed to incidents and risks from failure of dialysis equipment or disposables, or …

In March 2011, the United States Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
published the inaugural National Strategy for Quality Improvement in Health Care (also …

Patient safety culture has been studied in many practice settings, but there is a dearth of
information on the culture of safety in nephrology nurse practice settings. This research …

To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System, caught the attention of the media, and
there were headlines across the nation about the safety (or lack of safety) for patients in …

With its philosophical origins extending back to mid-19th century Paris (Sackett, Rosenberg,
Gray, Haynes, & Richardson, 1996), Florence Nightingale used EBP during the Crimean …