Patient safety walk rounds: views of frontline staff members and managers in Sweden

Patient safety walk rounds : views of frontline staff members and managers in Sweden

Background: Leadership Walk Rounds (WRs) have been described as a promising intervention to achieve a culture of safety by means of engaging leaders at different levels in patient safety issues. The aim was to investigate WRs carried out in a Swedish county council in terms of advantages, disadvantages and opportunities for improvement, as perceived by the participating frontline staff members,...

Development of Patient Safety Culture and Accreditation among Clinical Staff

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Patient safety in nursing homes in Sweden: nurses' views on safety and their role.

Objective Knowledge about patient safety in nursing homes is limited. The aim of this study was to describe what patient safety means to nurses working in nursing homes for the elderly and how these nurses address patient safety. Method Qualitative study of semi-structured interviews with 15 nurses aged 27-62 years. Qualitative content analysis was applied. Results Nurses describe the meaning o...

Patient safety: staff safety--hand in hand?

Hammersmith Staff Rounds

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