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The importance of applying human factors to nursing practice

11 April 2012

Nursing Standard

A&S Science

The aim of this series is to introduce the topic of human factors and to show how it can be used in nursing practice on the ward and in nursing management, to...

What you need to know about running a shift

03 December 2014

Emergency Nurse

Feature

Many junior emergency department nurses are given no formal training in management before they are asked to take charge of shifts. Nurses learn by observing senior...

Clinical human factors: the need to speak up to improve patient safety

02 May 2012

Nursing Standard

A&S Science

This article aims to inspire nurses to recognise how human factors affect individual and team performance. Use of a case study and learning derived from a subsequent...

Human factors and online learning

09 May 2012

Nursing Standard

A&S Science

A human factors approach to patient safety offers a means of minimising the incidence and effect of adverse events in the healthcare setting. This article explains...

Standardising for reliability: the contribution of tools and checklists

25 April 2012

Nursing Standard

A&S Science

This article describes two initiatives from the National Patient Safety Agency, which were developed to address important areas of harm to patients. This harm stems...

The diversity of human factors: illustrating the relevance for nursing

18 April 2012

Nursing Standard

A&S Science

This article looks at a selection of human factors tools and activities that may be used in nursing practice to improve the safety of patient care. The Human Factors...

Dynamic nurse leadership in high-pressure situations

08 June 2015

Emergency Nurse

Art & Science

Traditionally, healthcare professionals have been expected to acquire technical skills while minimal attention has been paid to the non-technical skills (NTS) they...

Understanding situation awareness and its importance in patient safety

20 April 2016

Nursing Standard

CPD

Situation awareness describes an individual’s perception, comprehension and subsequent projection of what is going on in the environment around them. The concept of...

Understanding the role of non-technical skills in patient safety

29 February 2012

Nursing Standard

A&S Science

It is estimated that one in 300 patients admitted to hospital will die or be seriously injured as a result of medical errors (Chief Medical Officer 2009), many of...

Double-checking high-risk medications in acute settings: a safer process

28 January 2015

Nursing Management

Art & Science

There is a need to reduce medication errors, and one way of achieving this for high-risk medications is by double-checking. This article reports the results of a...