Health care professionals' experiences after making errors in practice: an integrative review of the literature

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dc.contributor.authorMants, Tara
dc.contributor.supervisorBanister, Elizabeth
dc.date.accessioned2015-04-29T21:36:12Z
dc.date.available2015-04-29T21:36:12Z
dc.date.copyright2015en_US
dc.date.issued2015-04-29
dc.degree.departmentSchool of Nursingen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Nursing M.N.en_US
dc.description.abstractThere is a common expectation among health care professionals to "do no harm" and, while this is the ideal, it is not the reality. Despite the best intentions of health care professionals, errors do occur. The objectives of this review were to explore how health care professionals were affected by their involvement in adverse events and to determine the types of support health care professionals required after making an error. An integrative literature review of eleven research articles was conducted to explore common themes. These eleven studies included four quantitative studies, six qualitative studies, and one mixed-methods study. The results of this literature review indicate that following an error, health care professionals experience emotional distress on both a personal and a professional level. Health care professionals require individual as well as organizational support to help them cope with the error. The findings of the integrative literature review have important implications for nursing practice, nursing leaders and advanced practice nursing.en_US
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduateen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/6063
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rightsAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ca/*
dc.subjectmedical erroren_US
dc.subjectadverse eventen_US
dc.subjectmedication erroren_US
dc.subjectnursing erroren_US
dc.subjectsecond victimen_US
dc.subjectcopingen_US
dc.titleHealth care professionals' experiences after making errors in practice: an integrative review of the literatureen_US
dc.typeprojecten_US

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