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An Assessment Of Errors And Near-Misses From Pre-Licensure Student Nurses, Megan Wolfe, Dnp, Fnp-C, Ms Ed., Rd, Rn, Cne Apr 2017

An Assessment Of Errors And Near-Misses From Pre-Licensure Student Nurses, Megan Wolfe, Dnp, Fnp-C, Ms Ed., Rd, Rn, Cne

Doctor of Nursing Practice Projects

Background: Approximately one-half of new nurses with less than one year of experience who were involved in adverse patient events identified that their formal education preparation was a causal factor in their error (Saintsing, Gibson & Pennington, 2011). An examination of quality and safety measures of a current hospital based associate degree nursing (ADN) educational program provided data regarding errors committed by prelicensure students. Tracking and analysis of frequency and type of student clinical errors provided for identification of similarities and an opportunity for system evaluation and improvements.

Objectives: To identify the number, types and categories of Student …


The Nurse Manager's Leadership And Nurse Satisfaction, Deborah Bryant Jan 2015

The Nurse Manager's Leadership And Nurse Satisfaction, Deborah Bryant

Doctor of Nursing Practice Projects

Nurse managers face many challenges in today's healthcare environment including how to retain staff. The purpose of this capstone was to give tools to nurse managers on specific units to develop techniques for shaping a positive culture making a difference for the nursing staff, patients, families and others on the nursing units. Culture-shaping tools were taught to five nurse managers after completion of a pre-assessment survey by bedside nurses to determine if the behaviors of the nurse managers could impact the nurse satisfaction and improve retention. Nursing staff were queried for effectiveness in nurse satisfaction after the nurse managers had …