The association between patient safety culture and burnout and sense of coherence: A cross-sectional study in restructured and not restructured intensive care units.

Objectives: To study the associations between registered nurses' (RNs) perception of the patient safety culture (safety culture) and burnout and sense of coherence, and to compare the burnout and sense of coherence in restructured and not restructured intensive care units (ICUs).

Design: Cross-sectional study.

Participants/setting: RNs employed at seven ICUs in six hospitals at a Norwegian Hospital Trust.

Changes in patient safety culture after restructuring of intensive care units: Two cross-sectional studies.

Objectives: Compare changes in registered nurses' perception of the patient safety culture in restructured and not restructured intensive care units during a four-year period.

Methodology/design: Two cross-sectional surveys were performed, in 2008/2009 (time 1) and 2012/2013 (time 2). During a period of 0-3 years after time 1, three of six hospitals merged their general and medical intensive care units (restructured).

Differences in medication knowledge and risk of errors between graduating nursing students and working registered nurses: comparative study.

Background: Nurses experience insufficient medication knowledge; particularly in drug dose calculations, but also in drug management and pharmacology. The weak knowledge could be a result of deficiencies in the basic nursing education, or lack of continuing maintenance training during working years. The aim of this study was to compare the medication knowledge, certainty and risk of error between graduating bachelor students in nursing and experienced registered nurses.

Improvement of drug dose calculations by classroom teaching or e-learning: a randomised controlled trial in nurses.

Introduction: Insufficient skills in drug dose calculations increase the risk for medication errors. Even experienced nurses may struggle with such calculations. Learning flexibility and cost considerations make e-learning interesting as an alternative to classroom teaching.

Medication knowledge, certainty, and risk of errors in health care: a cross-sectional study.

Background: Medication errors are often involved in reported adverse events. Drug therapy, prescribed by physicians, is mostly carried out by nurses, who are expected to master all aspects of medication. Research has revealed the need for improved knowledge in drug dose calculation, and medication knowledge as a whole is poorly investigated.