Nurses' disclosure of error scenarios in nursing homes.

Background: Little work has explored the disclosure of errors in nursing homes (NHs).

Purpose: This paper reports how nurses would disclose hypothetical errors that occur in NH settings.

Method: A cross-sectional survey was given to a randomly selected sample of registered nurses (RNs) and registered practical nurses (RPNs) working in Ontario, Canada NHs.

Nurses' perceptions of error reporting and disclosure in nursing homes.

Nurses have an obligation to disclose an error when one occurs. This study explored 1180 nurses' perceptions of error disclosure in the nursing home setting. Nurse respondents found disclosure to be a difficult process.