New on RWJF.org
February 11, 2013 | Story
Tootsie’s story, what’s new on the RWJF Human Capital Blog, and more.
Medical Errors
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Tootsie’s Story: Medical Error Takes a Life
February 6, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
RWJF Nurse Faculty Scholar Jennifer Bellot writes about losing her grandmother to complications from a medical error.
New on RWJF.org
September 27, 2012 | Story
Read about a new study on how improved nurse environments can reduce medication errors, what’s new on the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Human Capital Blog, and more.
Better Environments for Nurses Mean Fewer Medication Errors
August 28, 2012 | News Release
Interdisciplinary study affirms vital role of nurses in ensuring patient safety, focuses on work environment factors that improve health and fiscal outcomes.
Recent Research About Nursing, June 2012
June 28, 2012 | Story
New studies assess the role of circulating nurses in detecting surgical errors, explore the economic impact of APRNs, and test the effect of a telephone-based nurse management system for women with gestational diabetes.
Nurses and Medication Management
December 16, 2011 | Program Result Report
Interdisciplinary research teams at four institutions examined nursing's role in - and contribution to - medication management in hospital and transitional care settings.
Nurse-Scientist Explores Ways to Prevent Patient Safety Events in the Operating Room
February 26, 2012 | Story
RWJF Nurse Faculty Scholar explores how perioperative practices, processes and staffing policies may contribute to postoperative infections.
Recent Research About Nursing, February 2012
February 26, 2012 | Story
New studies identify 10 clinical reasoning practices that nurses use to prevent medical errors, and link nurses' long working hours and physical inactivity on the job to obesity.
Nurses' Practice Environments, Error Interception Practices, and Impatient Medication Errors
June 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Nurses play a critical role in identifying and intercepting medication errors regardless where the error originates—at the prescribing, transcribing, dispensing or administration stages.
RN Work Project Study: State Caps on Mandatory Overtime for Nurses Work
February 26, 2012 | Story
Limiting nurses' overtime and overall hours is important to patient safety.